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27 May 2024
16:37 | MicroVAX 3300/3400 (diff | hist) . . (+413) . . Jnc (talk | contribs) (Expand description a tiny bit) |
15:59 | KA640 CPU (diff | hist) . . (+567) . . Jnc (talk | contribs) (Expand slightly; add docs) |
26 May 2024
12:29 | VAX 4000 series (diff | hist) . . (+144) . . Jnc (talk | contribs) (Really an alterative to, not a replacement for the 3100) |
25 May 2024
14:37 | Category talk:DEC VAX systems (diff | hist) . . (+734) . . Jnc (talk | contribs) (→Use of 'functional group' categories: Only put 'DEC formal group categories' here?) |
04:52 | VAXserver 4000 Model 300 (diff | hist) . . (-21) . . Jnc (talk | contribs) (VAXserver 4000s are quite different from VAXstation 4000s) |
04:33 | VAX 4000 Model 200 (diff | hist) . . (+32) . . Jnc (talk | contribs) (Put in VAX 4000 system cat) |
04:19 | VAX 4000 series (2 changes | history) . . (+1,871) . . [Jnc (2×)] | ||
04:19 (cur | prev) . . (+900) . . Jnc (talk | contribs) (Add KA675, KA680 and KA690 CPUs; CPU documentation) | |||
03:30 (cur | prev) . . (+971) . . Jnc (talk | contribs) (Add a general overview) |
24 May 2024
21:12 | Category talk:DEC VAX systems (2 changes | history) . . (+2,009) . . [Jnc (2×)] | ||
21:12 (cur | prev) . . (+1,602) . . Jnc (talk | contribs) (→Use of 'functional group' categories: new section) | |||
05:42 (cur | prev) . . (+407) . . Jnc (talk | contribs) (→The basic scheme: Category:Personal VAXen is done too; so, almost all the 'VAXen' categories are fixed, except Category:VAXen) |
N 20:45 | Category:VAXstation 4000 Systems (diff | hist) . . (+108) . . Jnc (talk | contribs) (Different from the VAX 4000 series) |
05:32 | Template:Nav VAX (diff | hist) . . (+47) . . Jnc (talk | contribs) (Add VAXstation 4000) |
N 05:07 | Category:VAX 4000 Systems (diff | hist) . . (+101) . . Jnc (talk | contribs) (And I think that is the end of the formal groups) |
05:03 | VAXstation (diff | hist) . . (+3) . . Jnc (talk | contribs) (Fix VAX plural) |
05:02 | (Move log) . . Jnc (talk | contribs) moved page Category:Personal VAXen to Category:Personal VAX Systems without leaving a redirect (Fix VAX plural) |
23 May 2024
20:41 | (Move log) . . [Jnc (4×)] | ||
20:41 . . Jnc (talk | contribs) moved page CIBCI to CIBCI Computer Interconnect Adapter (Formal DEC name) | |||
20:36 . . Jnc (talk | contribs) moved page DEBNT to DEBNT Ethernet/Tape Controller (Formal DEC name) | |||
15:48 . . Jnc (talk | contribs) moved page Category:QBUS VAXen to Category:QBUS VAX Systems without leaving a redirect (Adopt DEC's VAX plural syntax) | |||
15:40 . . Jnc (talk | contribs) moved page Category:MicroVAXen to Category:MicroVAX Systems without leaving a redirect (Adopt formal group name syntax) |
20:40 | VAX Bus Interconnect (diff | hist) . . (+768) . . Jnc (talk | contribs) (Fill out list of VAXBI options) |
18:16 | VAXstation 3100 series (diff | hist) . . (+26) . . Jnc (talk | contribs) (Add to formal group) |
N 18:07 | Category:MicroVAX 3100 Systems (diff | hist) . . (+71) . . Jnc (talk | contribs) (Almost to the end of the formal groups) |
16:03 | Category talk:DEC VAX systems (diff | hist) . . (+161) . . Jnc (talk | contribs) (→The basic scheme: Category:MicroVAXen done, also Category:QBUS VAXen) |
15:36 | VAX 7000 Model 800 (diff | hist) . . (+37) . . Jnc (talk | contribs) (Add formal group) |
N 15:25 | Category:VAX 7000/10000 Systems (diff | hist) . . (+117) . . Jnc (talk | contribs) (Getting to the end of the missing formal groups) |
03:12 | VAX 85xx, 87xx, and 88xx systems (2 changes | history) . . (+1,962) . . [Jnc (2×)] | ||
03:12 (cur | prev) . . (+113) . . Jnc (talk | contribs) (→External links: List contents of each volume) | |||
02:49 (cur | prev) . . (+1,849) . . Jnc (talk | contribs) (Add a high-level description; links to documentation) |
20 May 2024
23:46 | VAX 8550 (diff | hist) . . (+101) . . Jnc (talk | contribs) (Canonical format; quick description of them in the VAX ecosystem) |
23:41 | VAX 8500/VAX 8530 (diff | hist) . . (+108) . . Jnc (talk | contribs) (Canonical format; quick description of them in the VAX ecosystem) |
N 23:32 | Category:VAX 85xx/87xx/88xx Systems (diff | hist) . . (+83) . . Jnc (talk | contribs) (One more of the missing formal groups) |
23:28 | Template:Nav VAX (diff | hist) . . (+1) . . Jnc (talk | contribs) (VAX 8xxx page renamed) |
N 23:20 | VAX 8978 (diff | hist) . . (+107) . . Jnc (talk | contribs) (Redir - covered there) |
N 23:19 | VAX 8974 (diff | hist) . . (+107) . . Jnc (talk | contribs) (Redir - covered there) |
22:56 | (Move log) . . Jnc (talk | contribs) moved page VAX 85x0, 8700, 88xx, and 897x systems to VAX 85xx, 87xx, and 88xx systems without leaving a redirect (Consistent naming with other VAX family pages) |
N 18:50 | Category:VAX 9000 Systems (diff | hist) . . (+92) . . Jnc (talk | contribs) (Plugging away on the missing formal group cats) |
N 18:31 | Category:VAX 6000 Systems (diff | hist) . . (+66) . . Jnc (talk | contribs) (Plowing through the missing formal groups) |
03:20 | VAX 82xx/83xx series (diff | hist) . . (+50) . . Jnc (talk | contribs) (All use either the KA820 CPU or KA825 CPU) |
03:12 | Category talk:DEC VAX systems (diff | hist) . . (+479) . . Jnc (talk | contribs) (→The basic scheme: All the 'DEC formal groups' so far are named 'VAX xx Systems') |
19 May 2024
N 22:13 | Category:VAX 86xx Systems (diff | hist) . . (+66) . . Jnc (talk | contribs) (Another missing formal group) |
20:55 | VAX-11/780 (diff | hist) . . (+105) . . Jnc (talk | contribs) (The -11/782 was a product version of the Goble experiment) |
N 20:45 | ISP (diff | hist) . . (+42) . . Jnc (talk | contribs) (Redir - acronym) |
N 20:45 | Instruction set processor (diff | hist) . . (+42) . . Jnc (talk | contribs) (Redir - alt form) |
20:44 | Instruction set architecture (diff | hist) . . (+66) . . Jnc (talk | contribs) (Also ISP) |
N 20:39 | Category:VAX-11/7xx Systems (diff | hist) . . (+138) . . Jnc (talk | contribs) (First VAX 'family') |
14:43 | VAX 8300 (diff | hist) . . (+567) . . Jnc (talk | contribs) (Mention CPU, add docs, new cats) |
04:02 | VAX 8200 (diff | hist) . . (+567) . . Jnc (talk | contribs) (Mention CPU, more docs) |
18 May 2024
20:36 | CPU/Memory Interconnect (diff | hist) . . (+86) . . Jnc (talk | contribs) (Original name was 'Comet Memory Interconnect') |
N 08:54 | Category:VAX 82xx/83xx Systems (diff | hist) . . (+71) . . Jnc (talk | contribs) (The first of the 'DEC formal group' categories) |
08:52 | Category talk:DEC VAX systems (diff | hist) . . (+1,170) . . Jnc (talk | contribs) (Some 'DEC formal group' categories do not exist (yet)) |
17 May 2024
N 20:15 | FP750 (diff | hist) . . (+46) . . Jnc (talk | contribs) (Redir - short form) |
N 20:07 | FP750 Floating-Point Accelerator (diff | hist) . . (+1,556) . . Jnc (talk | contribs) (Covers the basics) |
17:41 | VAX-11/750 (diff | hist) . . (+114) . . Jnc (talk | contribs) (→Internal structure: Add KU750 Writetable Control Store) |
N 16:46 | DW750 (diff | hist) . . (+43) . . Jnc (talk | contribs) (Redir - short name) |
N 16:45 | DW750 Second Unibus Interface (diff | hist) . . (+1,524) . . Jnc (talk | contribs) (Mostly a clone of the UI750 page) |
N 16:39 | UI750 (diff | hist) . . (+36) . . Jnc (talk | contribs) (Redir - short name) |
N 16:38 | UI750 Unibus Interface (diff | hist) . . (+1,611) . . Jnc (talk | contribs) (Not much to say; an OK start) |
01:46 | RH750 Massbus Adapter (diff | hist) . . (+28) . . Jnc (talk | contribs) (Add board name) |
15 May 2024
N 16:39 | CI780 Computer Interconnect Interface (diff | hist) . . (+49) . . Jnc (talk | contribs) (Redir - alt name) |
N 16:27 | Category:CMI (diff | hist) . . (+101) . . Jnc (talk | contribs) (Missing from the set) |
N 16:11 | Category:Computer Interconnect Interfaces (diff | hist) . . (+154) . . Jnc (talk | contribs) (We have quite a few of these now) |
N 14:24 | CI780 (diff | hist) . . (+49) . . Jnc (talk | contribs) (Redir - short form) |
N 14:23 | CI780 Computer Interconnect Adapter (diff | hist) . . (+1,789) . . Jnc (talk | contribs) (Stubby, but no point in saying more - documentation exists) |
14 May 2024
N 19:18 | DR32 (diff | hist) . . (+38) . . Jnc (talk | contribs) (Redir - short form) |
N 19:17 | DR32 Device Interconnect (diff | hist) . . (+700) . . Jnc (talk | contribs) (Not much else to say) |
N 19:04 | DR780 (diff | hist) . . (+54) . . Jnc (talk | contribs) (Redir - short form) |
N 19:03 | DR780 High-Performance Channel Interface (diff | hist) . . (+2,384) . . Jnc (talk | contribs) (Collects most of what is known now) |
18:48 | Cabinet (diff | hist) . . (+76) . . Jnc (talk | contribs) (Can hold mounting boxes too) |
17:09 | Synchronous Backplane Interconnect (diff | hist) . . (+348) . . Jnc (talk | contribs) (List adapters and devices which can be connected to the SBI) |
16:13 | (Move log) . . Jnc (talk | contribs) moved page Category:VAX SBI to Category:SBI without leaving a redirect (XBI doesn't include VAX in the name) |
N 16:09 | Category:VAX SBI (diff | hist) . . (+123) . . Jnc (talk | contribs) (Getting close to filling out the set) |
15:26 | VAX 8600 series (2 changes | history) . . (+725) . . [Jnc (2×)] | ||
15:26 (cur | prev) . . (+248) . . Jnc (talk | contribs) (They were internally structured around the Mbox) | |||
07:16 (cur | prev) . . (+477) . . Jnc (talk | contribs) (Expand a bit) |
13 May 2024
16:52 | Category talk:DEC VAX systems (diff | hist) . . (+555) . . Jnc (talk | contribs) (→The basic scheme: DEC does not seem to have a one-word plural for 'VAX') |
08:36 | (Move log) . . Jnc (talk | contribs) moved page Category:VAX Minis to Category:VAX Minicomputers without leaving a redirect (Better name) |
01:08 | Parallel computer (diff | hist) . . (+184) . . Jnc (talk | contribs) (Clarify that example is for binary machines) |
01:00 | Serial computer (diff | hist) . . (+62) . . Jnc (talk | contribs) (Clarify that example is for binary machines) |
12 May 2024
12:06 | Parallel computer (diff | hist) . . (+280) . . Jnc (talk | contribs) (In reality, serial machines were not actually that economical) |
12:02 | Serial computer (diff | hist) . . (+282) . . Jnc (talk | contribs) (In reality they were not actually that economical) |
11:50 | ENIAC (diff | hist) . . (+100) . . Jnc (talk | contribs) (Internally a serial computer, not parallel) |
11 May 2024
N 15:47 | VAX 4000 Model 100A (diff | hist) . . (+37) . . Jnc (talk | contribs) (Redir - covered there) |
N 15:46 | VAX 4000 Model 100 (diff | hist) . . (+37) . . Jnc (talk | contribs) (Redir - covered there) |
9 May 2024
16:48 | Category talk:DEC VAX systems (diff | hist) . . (+572) . . Jnc (talk | contribs) (→Split up category?: Maybe 'Category:VAX Minis' isn't the best name; maybe 'Category:VAX Minicomputers' would be better?) |
8 May 2024
14:52 | Help:Introduction to Templates (diff | hist) . . (+70) . . Jnc (talk | contribs) (→Vertical text: Add example of their use) |
14:50 | VAX-11/750/Backplanes (2 changes | history) . . (+186) . . [Jnc (2×)] | ||
14:50 (cur | prev) . . (+2) . . Jnc (talk | contribs) (Use original board set) | |||
14:33 (cur | prev) . . (+184) . . Jnc (talk | contribs) (Add board names for use in page) |
14:46 | VAX-11/750 (diff | hist) . . (-155) . . Jnc (talk | contribs) (→Backplane configuration: Switch to use diagram) |
14:17 | (Move log) . . Jnc (talk | contribs) moved page User:Jnc/750Backplanes to VAX-11/750/Backplanes without leaving a redirect (Move to main namespace for use in article) |
14:09 | Help:Basic MediaWiki Syntax (diff | hist) . . (+59) . . Jnc (talk | contribs) (Add separator line between 'Indented items' and 'Bullet list') |
13:31 | VAXft series (3 changes | history) . . (+2,085) . . [Jnc (3×)] | ||
13:31 (cur | prev) . . (+493) . . Jnc (talk | contribs) (Something about the KFE52 system I/O controller module) | |||
05:18 (cur | prev) . . (+109) . . Jnc (talk | contribs) (Also separate backplanes) | |||
05:09 (cur | prev) . . (+1,399) . . Jnc (talk | contribs) (Turn into real overview) |
05:32 | VAXft Model 810 (diff | hist) . . (+585) . . Jnc (talk | contribs) (Canonicalize, add docs) |
N 05:14 | Category:VAXft Systems (diff | hist) . . (+58) . . Jnc (talk | contribs) (Another DEC formal group) |
7 May 2024
N 19:25 | Category:VAX Buses (diff | hist) . . (+79) . . Jnc (talk | contribs) (A home for a bunch of pages) |
14:34 | Category talk:DEC VAX systems (diff | hist) . . (+1,727) . . Jnc (talk | contribs) (→Split up category?: In retrospect, using 'VAXen' for the plural was probably not a good idea) |
N 02:56 | VAXserver 3900 (diff | hist) . . (+32) . . Jnc (talk | contribs) (Redir - covered there) |
N 02:56 | VAXserver 3800 (diff | hist) . . (+32) . . Jnc (talk | contribs) (Redir - covered there) |
N 02:25 | DZQ11 (diff | hist) . . (+54) . . Jnc (talk | contribs) (Redir - short form) |
N 02:20 | DLVJ1 (diff | hist) . . (+56) . . Jnc (talk | contribs) (Redir - Alt DEC name) |
N 02:01 | Category:VAX Minis (diff | hist) . . (+147) . . Jnc (talk | contribs) (Another VAX 'functionality' group) |
00:38 | (Move log) . . Jnc (talk | contribs) moved page Category:Mainframe VAX Computers to Category:VAX Mainframes without leaving a redirect (Consistent cat name) |
6 May 2024
N 20:18 | Category:VAX Superminis (diff | hist) . . (+141) . . Jnc (talk | contribs) (Another VAX 'functionality' group) |
19:42 | VAX 4000 Model 300 (diff | hist) . . (+70) . . Jnc (talk | contribs) (Canonicalize; add main mem board) |
18:54 | Category talk:DEC VAX systems (diff | hist) . . (+1,631) . . Jnc (talk | contribs) (→Split up category?: The solution: 'have our cake and eat it too') |
N 13:46 | Category:Personal VAXen (diff | hist) . . (+176) . . Jnc (talk | contribs) (Corral them all) |
N 13:42 | Category:MicroVAXen (diff | hist) . . (+75) . . Jnc (talk | contribs) (Corral them all) |
13:37 | MicroVAX II (diff | hist) . . (+48) . . Jnc (talk | contribs) (Mention M7609 as main memory for them) |
1 May 2024
16:19 | Directory (diff | hist) . . (+1,576) . . Jnc (talk | contribs) (Cover directories in data networking systems) |
14:50 | Computer Interconnect (diff | hist) . . (+11) . . Jnc (talk | contribs) (First element implemented) |
29 April 2024
22:15 | VAX 85x0, 8700, 88xx, and 897x systems (diff | hist) . . (+295) . . Vaxorcist (talk | contribs) (→VAX 8974, VAX 8978, and VAX 8842 Prepackaged Clusters Systems: Link to a DTJ article added) |
21:49 | System Communication Architecture (diff | hist) . . (+349) . . Vaxorcist (talk | contribs) (Section "SCA Services" added) |
17:44 | BCC 500 (diff | hist) . . (+109) . . Larsbrinkhoff (talk | contribs) (→External links: As gleaned from documentation.) |
17:43 | (Upload log) . . Larsbrinkhoff (talk | contribs) uploaded File:BCC-500-microengine.png (Block diagram of the BCC 500 microengine.) |