Dave Cutler speaks
Posted: Wed Nov 01, 2023 3:55 pm
Not sure how many people know about the Dave Cutler videos that popped up recently. Here are four:
David Cutler — 2016 CHM Fellow
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2GV_bCfnCw ( 16m )
Oral History of Dave Cutler Part 1 - the Computer History Museum (2016-02-25)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29RkHH-psrY ( 01:44:33 )
Oral History of Dave Cutler Part 2 - the Computer History Museum (2016-02-25)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVgSLud50ss ( 01:21:18 )
The Mind Behind Windows: Dave Cutler - Dave's Garage (2023-10-21)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xi1Lq79mLeE ( 03:10:22 )
Now being a true glutton for punishment, I watched them all. In one of the videos, Dave mentions that no Itanium machine was ever as fast as x86-64 available at the same time. Which got me thinking, our rx2600-i2 is now 9 years old, and I just came into possession of two used HPE DL380p_gen9 chassis (these things are really slick), Anyway, sometime soon, I'm going to acquire a trial copy of "OpenVMS x86-64" then see how these puppies behave. If all goes well, I am hoping that the bean-counters approve the purchase. That will mean that I've taken our bread-n-butter homegrown system from VAX, to Alpha, to Itanium, to x86-64. Stay tuned.
David Cutler — 2016 CHM Fellow
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2GV_bCfnCw ( 16m )
Oral History of Dave Cutler Part 1 - the Computer History Museum (2016-02-25)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29RkHH-psrY ( 01:44:33 )
Oral History of Dave Cutler Part 2 - the Computer History Museum (2016-02-25)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVgSLud50ss ( 01:21:18 )
The Mind Behind Windows: Dave Cutler - Dave's Garage (2023-10-21)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xi1Lq79mLeE ( 03:10:22 )
Now being a true glutton for punishment, I watched them all. In one of the videos, Dave mentions that no Itanium machine was ever as fast as x86-64 available at the same time. Which got me thinking, our rx2600-i2 is now 9 years old, and I just came into possession of two used HPE DL380p_gen9 chassis (these things are really slick), Anyway, sometime soon, I'm going to acquire a trial copy of "OpenVMS x86-64" then see how these puppies behave. If all goes well, I am hoping that the bean-counters approve the purchase. That will mean that I've taken our bread-n-butter homegrown system from VAX, to Alpha, to Itanium, to x86-64. Stay tuned.