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  • One factor was the small block size (which was to some extent ameliorated in systems prior to the FFS by using larger block sizes). Another was the fact that al * the hardware block size (512 bytes on DEC hardware), hereinafter 'sector' size;
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  • As a UNIBUS device, it was usable on the [[PDP-11]] and [[VAX]] computers. Although it first appeared very early on in the lifetime of th ...A RS-232]] serial lines; these were installed in a separate rack-mounted [[DEC card form factor|dual-height]] [[DM11 distribution panel]] [[backplane]] (w
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  • ...P-11]]/[[VAX]] computers), the latter for the [[QBUS]] (also in PDP-11/VAX systems).
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  • ...[[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]] systems, as the PDPs and even some [[VAX]] models are well emulated by it. ...ulated computers, e.g. the [[PDP-10]], [[PDP-11]] and VAX, so the emulated systems can network directly onto the [[Internet]], if the emulated operating syste
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  • | name = VAX 8200 ...VAX 8200''' is a mid-range [[VAX]] uni-processor system built around the [[VAX Bus Interconnect|VAXBI]] [[bus]]; it uses the [[KA820 CPU]]. It can support
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  • | name = VAX 8300 ...entral Processing Unit|CPU]] [[multi-processor]] system built around the [[VAX Bus Interconnect|VAXBI]] [[bus]], using the [[KA820 CPU]]; it can support a
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  • | name = VAX 8600 ...f the 11/780, at roughly the same price. It could be field-upgraded to a [[VAX 8650]].
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  • | name = VAX-11/751 The '''VAX-11/751''' was reportedly a somewhat-ruggedized version of the [[VAX-11/750]] mounted in a standard-width cabinet. Very little information survi
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  • <div id="ref_3">[3] MicroVAX Systems Handbook 1988. EB-30991-41</div> * [http://vtda.org/docs/computing/DEC/VMS/EK-VAXAC-OM-003_VAXstation_2000_Owner's_Manual_Jun1988.pdf VAXstation 2
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  • ...ion 3820/3840''' systems are [[workstation]]s using a [[microprocessor]] [[VAX]]; they are built around a unique [[bus]], the [[M-bus]], to which is attac * [http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/vax/35x0/ 35x0] - documentation at [[Bitsavers]]
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  • ...[[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]]'s most powerful [[microprocessor]] [[VAX]] [[workstation]]. It shared its enclosure with the [[VAXstation 4000 Model [[Category: VAXstation 4000 Systems]]
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  • ...ded up to 4 [[Extended Memory Interconnect|XMI]] buses, and also up to 6 [[VAX Bus Interconnect|VAXBI]] buses, and 8 [[VME]] buses; at least one XMI bus w ...] modules with Alpha CPU ones, as they became comfortable with Alpha-based systems.
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  • ...nd also, I think we should have a category for all DEC stuff - just plain 'DEC', or 'Digital Equipment Corporation'? [[User:Jnc|Jnc]] ([[User talk:Jnc|tal : DEC is consistent with the other labels. [[User:Larsbrinkhoff|Larsbrinkhoff]] (
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  • ...the [[Digital Equipment Corporation]] [[VAX]] family of computers built by DEC. [[Category: DEC Systems]]
    16 members (14 subcategories, 0 files) - 02:50, 2 June 2024
  • ...was a [[programming language]] created by [[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]] in the late 1960's for business [[application]]s. ...]; DIBOL-32 runs on VAX/VMS systems, although it can also be used on other systems through emulators.
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  • except for 'C' as this is always a given for UNIX/xenix/linux/GNU systems. ...ular interest in them - I used them extensively at the start of my career. DEC ''software'' is not covered much, as we didn't use it - just Unix, which I
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  • But the more I read here about DEC/PDP/VAX, The more I agree with your respect for its elegance. I wish I had had more ...n tool to categorize memory boards and their resultant available operating systems:
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  • ...tting it in [[:Category: PDP-10 Systems]], and since that cat goes in 'DEC Systems', it's still findable, so it's OK there too. [[User:Jnc|Jnc]] ([[User talk: ...on a disk larger than 32MB, ( and ran on a 500MB disk ), as well as a full DEC Net protical layer, which allowed him to clone disk installations over netw
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  • * DEC VAX and PDP-11 systems * Dumb terminals (E.g. DEC VT line)
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  • ...[[MicroVAX]], [[VAXserver]], and [[VAXstation]] systems. It is a single [[DEC card form factor|quad]]-height [[printed circuit board|PCB]] which plugs in <div id="ref_1">[1] ''CVAX-based Systems'', [[Digital Technical Journal]], Vol. 1 No. 7, August 1988</div>
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