I dug out the boards that I have to dump the eproms, and a while back put up what I had for schematics on bitsavers.
On 1/14/17 3:40 PM, Rick Bensene wrote: > > >> From: "Rick Bensene" <ri...@bensene.com> >>> - A Tektronix 4132 Unix workstation using a National 32016 CPU and a >>> 4.2bsd port called UTek >>> > Jon wrote: > >> Gee, how does it perform? I built a clone of a Logical Microcomputer Co. >> 32016 Multibus system and got it working. >> But, it was glacially slow! I did have some memory that was likely a little >> slower than the stock memory, but it wasn't insanely slow. But, firing up >> certain things >like editors was just maddening. And, I'm not talking about >> Emacs, just vi. I eventually got a MicroVAX-II to replace it, and, yes, >> that DID have a cache to speed >up the memory, but it was quite a difference. > > Well...considering the era, it wasn't too bad. By today's standards, yeah, > it's pretty darned slow. > Vi starts up pretty quick, even with a couple of terminals running on it. > It runs rogue pretty nicely, quick enough for multiple people to play it at > once. > > The machine has 7MB of RAM, which really helps. Without additional RAM, > there's only 1MB on the main board, and running it with just 1MB makes it > incredibly slow. There isn't any external cache. > > It's fun to fire it up and just relive the days when I was on cloud nine to > have my own personal Unix workstation that I built myself from parts. > > -Rick > > > >
