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- ...nto one of the first peer-to-peer network architectures, thus transforming DEC into a networking powerhouse in the 1980s. ...rconnection|OSI]] compliant networking protocol, around the time when open systems ([[POSIX]] compliant, i.e. [[UNIX|Unix-like]]) were grabbing marketshare fr17 KB (2,405 words) - 17:43, 13 January 2024
- | creator = [[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]] ...ed]] [[operating system]] developed by [[Digital Equipment Corporation]] ("DEC") for the [[PDP-11]] series of 16-bit [[minicomputer]]s, and used primarily14 KB (2,134 words) - 16:06, 3 May 2023
- ...mputer]]s introduced in 1969 [1] by the [[Digital Equipment Corporation]] (DEC), in production by them from 1970-1990. Their life-time spanned a period of ...UNIBUS]] for a bus, and the later ones which used the [[QBUS]]. Eventually DEC stopped producing [[UNIBUS]] PDP-11's (the last were the [[PDP-11/44]] and10 KB (1,393 words) - 16:03, 23 April 2024
- ...eXtension') for a family of computers from [[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]]. They were the successors to the [[PDP-11]] series of [[minicomputer]]s. ==Operating Systems==3 KB (388 words) - 16:50, 22 April 2024
- ...C]]; it was first seen in the [[PDP-11/20]], in 1970. Later, early [[VAX]] systems from that company used the UNIBUS as an I/O bus; it was also used in the sm It was the only bus in most PDP-11 systems, until the arrival of the [[QBUS]], and thus supported several capabilities13 KB (2,162 words) - 23:26, 14 January 2024
- The main memory systems supported by the -11/70 were the [[MJ11 memory system]] (which used [[core The cabling used for the Main Memory Bus ([[DEC part number]] 70-10824) consists of a set of four BC06R-xx [[flat cable]]s;5 KB (729 words) - 23:43, 29 February 2024
- '''Digital Equipment Corporation''', or '''DEC''', was a large computer company (at one time, the second-largest in the wo They reached the peak of their success in the 1980s, with their [[VAX]] line. However, they were unable to successfully adapt to the rise of pers5 KB (624 words) - 19:19, 19 March 2024
- | name = VAX-11/780 [[Image:Vax11-780_2.png|thumb|A 'typical' VAX-11/780 marketing image]]8 KB (1,030 words) - 21:30, 25 April 2024
- | name = VAX-11/782 ...VAX-11/782''' was an early asymmetric [[multi-processor|dual processor]] [[VAX]]; it had two [[KA780 CPU|KA780]] [[Central Processing Unit|CPUs]] connecte3 KB (420 words) - 09:14, 15 July 2023
- | name = VAX-11/750 | image = VAX 11 750 Trondheim.jpg8 KB (1,079 words) - 21:52, 7 April 2024
- | current version = 7.3 (for VAX)<br/>8.4 (for Alpha and Itanium)<br/>9.2 (for x86) It runs on the [[VAX]], [[Alpha]], [[Itanium]], and [[Intel x86|x86]] platforms. Beginning with2 KB (335 words) - 10:03, 27 April 2024
- | name = VAX-11/730 ...ems to have been most popular for application development projects for the VAX - where the architecture was needed, but not necessarily performance.5 KB (708 words) - 12:22, 29 March 2023
- | OS-support-ULTRIX = ULTRIX/VAX V1.0 to ULTRIX/VAX V2.4? ...X Unit of Performance|VUPs]]), even slower than the [[VAX-11/730]] resp. [[VAX-11/725]].10 KB (1,525 words) - 21:20, 10 January 2024
- The '''MicroVAX II''' was a small [[VAX]], with the [[KA630 CPU]] for its [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]]. It ==Operating Systems==5 KB (708 words) - 23:09, 10 April 2024
- == VAX 4000 Model 100/100A systems == | name = VAX 4000 Model 100/100A2 KB (159 words) - 08:12, 12 September 2023
- ...iginally developed in the 1990s by a student Linus Torvalds. Today's Linux systems are split into various branches, developed over time by millions of volunte ...ports to the [[Amiga]], early [[Macintosh|Macs]], a partial port to the [[VAX]] and a port to [[System/390]] as well as various [[SGI]] and [[Sun Microsy28 KB (4,805 words) - 18:01, 29 February 2024
- | name = VAX-11/785 The '''VAX-11/785''' was an upgraded version of the [[VAX-11/780|/780]]; its [[Central Processing Unit|CPUs]] used [[Advanced Schottk2 KB (193 words) - 04:26, 13 January 2024
- ...s a high-performance [[VAX]], described by [[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]] as a '[[mainframe]] computer'. They were built around a System Control Un ...]s. The performance levels in the line ranged from 30 to 108 [[VUP]]s; the VAX 9000s supported [[vector processing]]. A 'service processor unit' (SPU) con3 KB (415 words) - 01:26, 2 January 2024
- ...original model of [[VAX]] emulated by [[SIMH]]. (It now also emulates a [[VAX-11/780]].) It can run [[4.3 BSD]], [[VMS]] 5.1-1 to 7.3, and [[NetBSD]], a ...2">[2] [http://www.vaxhaven.com/images/c/c6/EK-VAXCT-CG-006.pdf VAXcluster Systems - Guidelines for VAXcluster System Configurations] (EK-VAXCT-CG-006)</div>3 KB (380 words) - 07:06, 31 January 2024
- | current version = 4.5 for VAX and DECStation (1995) | architecture = [[PDP-11]], [[VAX]], [[DECStation]]/[[DECsystem]] ([[RISC]])3 KB (370 words) - 03:59, 13 January 2024
- ...[[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]] systems, as the PDPs and even the [[VAX]] are well emulated by it. ...network interfaces for the [[PDP-10]], [[PDP-11]] and VAX, so the emulated systems can network directly onto the [[Internet]], if the emulated operating syste5 KB (845 words) - 22:53, 14 January 2024
- ...d [[magnetic tape drive]]s for, amongst other computers, [[PDP-11]]s and [[VAX]]en. ...isk Interconnect]], [[Low End System Interconnect]], and [[Digital Storage Systems Interconnect]].1,021 bytes (134 words) - 20:41, 23 April 2024
- ...similar. The difference between the 3500 and 3600 is the placement of the systems: the 3500 uses the [[BA213]] enclosure, whereas the 3600 uses the bare BA21 ...00 and 3600 used the BA213 enclosure. (The [http://vtda.org/docs/computing/DEC/VMS/EK-O33AB-OM-002_MicroVAX_3600_VAXserver_3600_3602_Operation_Jul1988.pdf3 KB (410 words) - 20:26, 10 March 2024
- ...anguage. It was VERY popular and was ported to various other languages and systems. The [[FORTRAN]] port by Bob Supnik is perhaps one of the more popular vers a somewhat paranoid DEC engineer who prefers to remain anonymous.21 KB (3,303 words) - 07:30, 6 September 2023
- Unix V7 was also one of the first operating systems to ship with a [[FORTRAN|Fortran 77]] compiler. === Digital VAX ===5 KB (776 words) - 19:30, 21 October 2023
- | architecture = [[VAX]], theoretically [[portable]] ...t influential. 32V could only run on the [[VAX-11/780]] as it was the only VAX in existence at that time.4 KB (616 words) - 20:53, 14 January 2024
- : ''XENIX was originally developed on a DEC Virtual Address Extension (VAX) running the Virtual Memory System (VMS) and a PDP-11 running UNIX V7, albe ...r to the 16-bit microprocessors. Currently scheduled machines included the DEC LSI-11/23, Zilogs Z8001 and Z8002, Intel's 8086 and 286, and Motorola's MC612 KB (1,893 words) - 19:28, 21 October 2023
- | architecture = [[VAX]], [[Tahoe]] theoretically portable ...y after. However by introducing the Tahoe port, it helped separate out the VAX specific code, there by allowing 4.3 BSD to become a more portable operatin7 KB (1,067 words) - 04:25, 10 December 2018
- Now we are ready to run the emulator. Simply run "vax ultrix.ini" and you'll get this much: VAX simulator V3.8-113 KB (1,865 words) - 18:41, 3 July 2022
- A UNIX™ Operating System for the [[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]] [[VAX-11/780]] Computer ...rough a console computer which can be remotely accessed. Additionally, the VAX-11/780 is priced nearly the same as a PDP-11/70 and executes most programs49 KB (7,745 words) - 14:29, 6 May 2023
- | architecture = [[VAX]], [[PDP-11]], [[Intel 80286|i286]], [[Zilog Z8000|Z8000]] probably others The 32-bit [[VAX]] version was based on [[Unix/32V]], while the 16-bit [[PDP-11]] version wa3 KB (442 words) - 19:36, 21 October 2023
- The distribution tape can be used only a DEC VAX-11/780<sup>1</sup> with RM03 or RP06 disks and with TE16 tape42 KB (6,834 words) - 03:01, 17 January 2023
- ...”) cards, which a mounted in a UNIBUS [[backplane]] of a [[PDP-11]] or [[VAX]], and associated mounting hardware and cables. * Selectable [[jumper]]s for UNIBUS delays for various systems.6 KB (980 words) - 10:55, 31 August 2023
- ...[[Digital Equipment Corporation]] (DEC), designed to replace the 32-bit [[VAX]] [[Complex Instruction Set Computer]] (CISC) ISA and its implementations. ...ndows NT]] (until 4.0 SP6 and Windows 2000 RC1). [[Open source]] operating systems that run on the Alpha are [[Linux]], [[BSD]] UNIX ([[NetBSD]], [[OpenBSD]]2 KB (260 words) - 21:32, 18 February 2024
- | name = VAX 8650 ...f [[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]]'s second-generation [[VAX]], the [[VAX 8600]]. An 8600 could be field-upgraded to an 8650.2 KB (271 words) - 14:53, 23 May 2023
- unix unix 2.0v2 gdts vax-780 Is the date Sat Dec 30 11:41:02 EST 2000 correct? (y or n) y2 KB (225 words) - 04:17, 17 December 2018
- [[Category: PDP-11 Operating Systems]] [[Category: VAX Operating Systems]]1 KB (190 words) - 04:26, 29 December 2022
- | name = VAX-11/725 The '''VAX-11/725''' is a [[VAX-11/730]] in a smaller enclosure; like the -11/730, it uses a [[UNIBUS]] for2 KB (201 words) - 17:24, 29 August 2023
- ...bus Adapter|RH780]] ([[VAX-11/780]])<br>[[RH750 Massbus Adapter|RH750]] ([[VAX-11/750]]) | tracks = 823<!-- (nominally 400 plus 6 spares; many systems used all 406, as reliability was high) -->4 KB (533 words) - 17:08, 15 August 2023
- ...paralell execution of independent procedures. Its operating system is the VAX/VMS virtual memory management system that can use up to 4 GBs of memory and ...o be shipped to Hungary or to any other country of the "eastern bloc". The VAX had an appeal with its PDP-11 compatibility mode, and it was microcoded, so4 KB (587 words) - 00:38, 2 January 2024
- The basic distribution tape can be used only on a DEC VAX-11/780** with RM03, RM05 or RP06 disks and with TE16,57 KB (8,582 words) - 03:00, 17 January 2023
- Computer Systems Research Group in the Berkeley system for the VAX between the39 KB (5,307 words) - 05:01, 11 December 2018
- ...-IN-PROGRESS guide will be a simple guide to installing [[ULTRIX]] 4.5 for VAX on [[SIMH]]. *An ISO image of ULTRIX 4.5 for [[VAX]]44 KB (6,192 words) - 09:30, 29 September 2023
- Berkeley), based on experience with both systems on a DEC VAX-11/780.113 KB (13,419 words) - 02:06, 17 December 2018
- ...number of computers, such as the [[PDP-8 family|PDP-8]], [[PDP-11]], and [[VAX-11/780]]. ...'not''' the same as the 'normal' double-density 8" floppy, but a unique-to-DEC format. Single-density recording uses a double frequency ([[Frequency Modul8 KB (1,195 words) - 20:09, 15 August 2023
- ...devised by [[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]], and used to connect DEC systems to high-speed [[disk]] [[drive]]s and [[magnetic tape|tape]] controllers su ...mputer families (initially the [[PDP-10]] and [[PDP-11]]; later also the [[VAX]]en) to share a common set of peripherals.5 KB (729 words) - 21:36, 2 December 2023
- ...ent|memory management]]. It was basically the same as [[4.3BSD]] for the [[VAX]], to the point where there were no separate manuals, users were expected t [[Category: PDP-11 Operating Systems]]2 KB (277 words) - 18:46, 27 October 2022
- ...ne, for a maximum of slightly less than 4MB (with 64KB modules, eight MK11 systems would be needed to reach this; with 265KB modules, only two). ...odules; they were all plugged into a large custom 24-slot [[backplane]] ([[DEC part number]] 70-14226-0), all housed in a [[BA11-K mounting box]].8 KB (1,276 words) - 03:23, 6 February 2024
- 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;11 KB (1,759 words) - 19:20, 12 June 2023
- 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]] (w10 KB (1,443 words) - 02:27, 19 February 2023
- The '''MicroVAX 2000''' is a late [[minicomputer]] [[VAX]] in a desktop [[mounting box]], using a [[microprocessor]] mounted on a [[ <div id="ref_3">[3] MicroVAX Systems Handbook 1988. EB-30991-41</div>5 KB (595 words) - 17:41, 13 January 2024
- == MicroVAX 3100 Model 10/20 systems == {{Nav VAX}}982 bytes (90 words) - 04:27, 24 May 2023
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- == MicroVAX 3100 Model 80 systems == ...2">[2] [http://www.vaxhaven.com/images/c/c6/EK-VAXCT-CG-006.pdf VAXcluster Systems - Guidelines for VAXcluster System Configurations] (EK-VAXCT-CG-006)</div>1 KB (95 words) - 08:17, 12 September 2023
- == MicroVAX 3100 Model 85 systems == {{Nav VAX}}1 KB (125 words) - 04:35, 24 May 2023
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- == MicroVAX 3100 Model 90/90A systems == {{Nav VAX}}1 KB (110 words) - 04:36, 24 May 2023
- == MicroVAX 3100 Model 95 systems == <div id="ref_4">[4] VAX Systems Hardware Handbook -- VAXBI Systems. EB-31692-46</div>1 KB (128 words) - 04:37, 24 May 2023
- == MicroVAX 3100 Model 96 systems == <div id="ref_3">[3] VAX Hardware Handbook. Volume 2-1986. </div>1 KB (106 words) - 04:38, 24 May 2023
- == MicroVAX 3100 Model 98 systems == {{Nav VAX}}436 bytes (40 words) - 04:38, 24 May 2023
- ...ith a 12-slot backplane, for the latter. Both provided a [[Digital Storage Systems Interconnect|DSSI]] bus for [[mass storage]]. <div id="ref_1">[1] VAX Systems Performance Summary Featuring VAX 6000 Model 500. EC-N0377-46</div>2 KB (241 words) - 22:58, 12 January 2024
- ...P-11]]/[[VAX]] computers), the latter for the [[QBUS]] (also in PDP-11/VAX systems).645 bytes (87 words) - 22:33, 14 January 2024
- == VAX 4000 Model 105A systems == | name = VAX 4000 Model 105A1 KB (156 words) - 01:39, 24 May 2023
- ...[[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 syste4 KB (584 words) - 12:16, 7 April 2023
- == VAX 4000 Model 106A systems == | name = VAX 4000 Model 106A1 KB (142 words) - 01:40, 24 May 2023
- == VAX 4000 Model 108 systems == | name = VAX 4000 Model 108653 bytes (64 words) - 01:40, 24 May 2023
- == VAX 4000 Model 200 systems == | name = VAX 4000 Model 2001 KB (135 words) - 08:20, 12 September 2023
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- == VAX 4000 Model 600A systems == | name = VAX 4000 Model 600A1 KB (159 words) - 08:23, 12 September 2023
- == VAX 4000 Model 700A systems == | name = VAX 4000 Model 700A1 KB (127 words) - 01:56, 24 May 2023
- == VAX 4000 Model 705A systems == | name = VAX 4000 Model 705A1 KB (137 words) - 15:59, 23 May 2023
- | name = VAX 6000 Model 200 | CPU-names = {VAX 6000 Model 210}{VAX 6000 Model 220}{VAX 6000 Model 230}{VAX 6000 Model 240}2 KB (196 words) - 18:24, 29 March 2023
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- | name = VAX 6000 Model 500 | CPU-names = {VAX 6510}{VAX 6520}{VAX 6530}{VAX 6540}{VAX 6550}{VAX 6560}2 KB (170 words) - 08:24, 12 September 2023
- | name = VAX 6000 Model 600 | CPU-names = {VAX 6610}{VAX 6620}{VAX 6630}{VAX 6640}{VAX 6650}{VAX 6660}2 KB (167 words) - 18:06, 29 March 2023
- | name = VAX 8200 ...VAX 8200''' is a mid-range [[VAX]] uni-processor system built around the [[VAX Bus Interconnect|VAXBI]] [[bus]]; it can support an optional [[UNIBUS]] ada2 KB (208 words) - 23:08, 28 March 2024
- | name = VAX 8250 ...]]; it has the improved [[KA825 CPU]] in place of the [[KA820 CPU]] of the VAX 8200.2 KB (191 words) - 14:16, 22 May 2023
- | name = VAX 8300 ...entral Processing Unit|CPU]] [[multi-processor]] system built around the [[VAX Bus Interconnect|VAXBI]] [[bus]]; it can support an optional [[UNIBUS]] ada2 KB (210 words) - 23:10, 28 March 2024
- | name = VAX 8350 ...]]; it has the improved [[KA825 CPU]] in place of the [[KA820 CPU]] of the VAX 8300.2 KB (201 words) - 23:11, 28 March 2024
- == VAX 8500 / VAX 8530 systems == Citation from [[VAX 8500/8530/8550 Revision Control|K-RM-851BA-Y-0 VAX 8500 8530 8550 Revision Matrix]]:2 KB (174 words) - 16:57, 23 May 2023
- == VAX 8550 systems == | name = VAX 85501 KB (124 words) - 16:35, 19 May 2023
- | name = VAX 8600 ...f the 11/780, at roughly the same price. It could be field-upgraded to a [[VAX 8650]].2 KB (200 words) - 09:30, 5 February 2024
- == VAX 8700 systems == | name = VAX 87002 KB (189 words) - 04:28, 13 January 2024
- | name = VAX 8800 ...'''VAX 8800''' is a dual-[[Central Processing Unit|CPU]] version of the [[VAX 8700]].2 KB (235 words) - 00:10, 2 January 2024
- | name = VAX 8810/8820/8830/8840 | Desc-name = VAX 8810/8820/8830/88402 KB (204 words) - 04:31, 13 January 2024
- | 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 survi1 KB (145 words) - 18:07, 29 March 2023
- == VAXft Model 110 systems == ...1">[1] [http://www.vaxhaven.com/images/c/c6/EK-VAXCT-CG-006.pdf VAXcluster Systems - Guidelines for VAXcluster System Configurations] (EK-VAXCT-CG-006)</div>613 bytes (63 words) - 08:27, 12 September 2023
- == VAXft Model 310 systems == ...1">[1] [http://www.vaxhaven.com/images/c/c6/EK-VAXCT-CG-006.pdf VAXcluster Systems - Guidelines for VAXcluster System Configurations] (EK-VAXCT-CG-006)</div>917 bytes (91 words) - 08:27, 12 September 2023
- == VAXft Model 410 systems == ...1">[1] [http://www.vaxhaven.com/images/c/c6/EK-VAXCT-CG-006.pdf VAXcluster Systems - Guidelines for VAXcluster System Configurations] (EK-VAXCT-CG-006)</div>422 bytes (47 words) - 08:28, 12 September 2023
- == VAXft Model 610 systems == ...1">[1] [http://www.vaxhaven.com/images/c/c6/EK-VAXCT-CG-006.pdf VAXcluster Systems - Guidelines for VAXcluster System Configurations] (EK-VAXCT-CG-006)</div>474 bytes (54 words) - 08:29, 12 September 2023
- == VAXft Model 810 systems == ...1">[1] [http://www.vaxhaven.com/images/c/c6/EK-VAXCT-CG-006.pdf VAXcluster Systems - Guidelines for VAXcluster System Configurations] (EK-VAXCT-CG-006)</div>461 bytes (52 words) - 08:29, 12 September 2023
- <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 22 KB (230 words) - 19:05, 15 January 2024
- ...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]]3 KB (298 words) - 06:49, 17 April 2024
- ...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.2 KB (297 words) - 01:21, 2 January 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.1 KB (201 words) - 16:21, 16 October 2019
- ...[[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>3 KB (369 words) - 08:32, 12 September 2023
- == [[VAX 9000 series|VAX 9000]] Modules == == [[DEC 4000]] Modules ==51 KB (6,185 words) - 15:20, 15 January 2024
- ...on|DEC]]'s two most successful computer families, the [[PDP-11]] and the [[VAX]] lines. He was at DEC for two periods, 1960-1966 and 1972-1983, ending up as DEC's Vice President of Research & Development, with a spell in between as an a2 KB (254 words) - 00:18, 23 March 2024
- ...ot having types, and being built around [[word]]s (unlike its contemporary systems implementation language, [[C programming language|C]]). ...S remained widely used inside DEC for may years, through the [[VAX]] and [[DEC Alpha|Alpha]] periods.3 KB (416 words) - 19:05, 8 December 2021
- ...11/780]]; it allowed creation of [[multi-processor]] systems such as the [[VAX-11/782]]. It was 64 [[bit]]s wide, to interface to the -11/780's [[Synchron ..._VAX-11-780_MA780_System.png|thumb|right|400px|Huge system made up of four VAX-11/780's connected to an MA780 Multiport Memory]]3 KB (479 words) - 15:45, 7 April 2024
- (SCENE: Inside of a VAX computer room. CREDITS ROLL as the SYSMGR is sitting installed VMS Version 5.0 onto his VAX. But little does he know that the15 KB (2,569 words) - 08:21, 20 May 2022
- ...of this tutorial is to show how to install [[VMS]] V1.0 on the [[SIMH]] [[VAX-11/780]] [[simulator]]. ...he [[SIMH]] '''vax780''' simulator because the [[VAX-11/780]] was the only VAX existing when VMS was introduced.14 KB (1,788 words) - 03:29, 13 December 2022
- _ K-RM-1175X Rev A, VAX 11/750 & 11/751 Revision Control Document, Nov 1990 This document is intended to define the revision history of the VAX101 KB (10,182 words) - 14:04, 2 July 2022
- ...with [[VAX-11/750]], [[VAX-11/780]], [[VAX-11/782]], [[VAX-11/785]], and [[VAX 8600]] processors. The mass storage server is a free-standing, high-speed, Each VAX processor or HSC50 in a cluster is called a node. Up to 16 nodes may be con13 KB (1,908 words) - 19:25, 27 April 2024
- [[Image:VAX750block.jpg|right|thumb|300px|VAX-11/750 system block diagram, showing how the CMI ties together the major /7 ...]] and [[main memory]], as well as [[input/output|I/O]] adapters) in the [[VAX-11/750]] processor. A sub-system connected to the CMI is referred to as a '3 KB (393 words) - 22:01, 3 June 2022
- Citation from "DECnet-VAX, Version 1.3 [[Software Product Description]]": ''Using the DECnet-VAX NCP utility, an operator can display the status of DECnet activity at the l28 KB (3,686 words) - 19:40, 16 November 2023
- | [[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]] [[PDP-10]] | DEC PDP-102 KB (275 words) - 22:35, 8 August 2023
- ...nge and high-end [[VAX]]en. In some machines, it connects all the main sub-systems, such as [[main memory]] and the [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]] (including ...it included the [[VAX 8200]] through the [[VAX 8800]]. For the 8200 and [[VAX 8300]] it performed all the functions listed above; for the others, it only3 KB (440 words) - 04:46, 13 January 2024
- ...am) is the program that manages [[DECnet]] in all of the [[DEC]] operating systems that support it. Citation from "DECnet-VAX, Version 1 [[Software Product Description]]" (September 1978):3 KB (454 words) - 18:17, 29 September 2023
- _ K-RM-11730 Rev A, (VAX 11/730) Revision Control Document, Jun 1990 VAX 11/730 REVISION CONTROL DOCUMENT38 KB (3,857 words) - 14:02, 2 July 2022
- _ K-RM-KA650-0-0 Rev C, MicroVAX 3500/3600 Systems, Sep 1990 | 9-0 MicroVAX KA650 Operating Systems ............................ 18...135 KB (5,037 words) - 14:06, 2 July 2022
- ...y similar; the difference between the 3500 and 3600 is the mounting of the systems. The 3500 uses the [[BA213]] enclosure, whereas the 3600 uses the bare BA21 ...00 and 3600 used the BA213 enclosure. (The [http://vtda.org/docs/computing/DEC/VMS/EK-O33AB-OM-002_MicroVAX_3600_VAXserver_3600_3602_Operation_Jul1988.pdf2 KB (277 words) - 06:59, 31 January 2024
- '''VAXELN''' is a [[real-time]] [[operating system]] for the [[VAX]]. ...software product for the development of dedicated, real-time systems for [[VAX]] processors.2 KB (349 words) - 22:22, 28 June 2022
- ...how to install [[Ultrix]] V1.1 on the supported [[SIMH]] [[MicroVAX]] / [[VAX]] [[simulator]]s. === Suitable SIMH MicroVAX / VAX Simulators ===36 KB (4,892 words) - 18:40, 3 July 2022
- <PRE>_ K-RM-11785 Rev A, VAX 11/785 Revision Matrix Document, Sep 1990 DEC Standard 068.118 KB (7,116 words) - 14:05, 2 July 2022
- <PRE>_ K-RM-1178X Rev A, VAX 11780 & 11782 Revision Control Document, May 1988 4.1 Part Revision - DEC Standard 01270 KB (7,782 words) - 14:04, 2 July 2022
- ...Installation of [[Ultrix]] V2.0 on the supported [[SIMH]] [[MicroVAX]] / [[VAX]] [[simulator]]s. === Suitable SIMH MicroVAX / VAX Simulators ===73 KB (9,059 words) - 20:56, 22 May 2023
- ...vanced Installation of Ultrix V2.0 on SIMH#Boot the Miniroot System on the VAX-11/785|Miniroot boot section]] of the Advanced Installation you must choose ***** ADD/CHANGE SYSTEMS IN /etc/hosts *****32 KB (4,724 words) - 22:56, 7 July 2022
- ...SSI''') is a [[mass storage]] [[bus]] from [[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]]. The DSSI specification lists the main attributes of DSSI as: 8-bit wide . ( eg: VAX CI Port ) . |10 KB (1,247 words) - 21:30, 2 December 2023
- ...e acronym, '''DSA''') is one of the building blocks of [[Digital Equipment|DEC]] computer system architectures. (taken from: Storage Systems Port specification)6 KB (698 words) - 21:26, 18 August 2023
- ...gital Equipment Corporation]]. (Listings given in ''italics'' are not just DEC acronyms.) | [[Computer Special Systems]]3 KB (414 words) - 21:41, 29 April 2024
- ...bytes of [[RAM]] and is used in both the VAXstation 2000 and MicroVAX 2000 systems. * [http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/vax/2000/ VAX 2000] - documentation at [[Bitsavers]]3 KB (393 words) - 18:59, 14 August 2022
- ...11]]s and with [[VAX]] single and multiple [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]] systems. ...s so across a large range of configurations (ranging from small individual systems, to groups of large [[server]]s.4 KB (512 words) - 15:29, 29 December 2023
- ...DEC]] for use in [[VAXcluster]] system. They were connected to the [[VAX]] systems in the VAXcluster over [[Computer Interconnect]] links. ...re available, to connect SCSI devices to the various [[bus]]es used by HSC systems:3 KB (489 words) - 16:58, 22 April 2024
- ...''' and '''HSC50 Mass Storage Server''' in [[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]]'s documentation) is an intelligent [[mass storage]] sub-system [[server]] In utilizing the CI, the HSC50 interfaces one or more [[host]] computer systems via the [[SC008 Star Coupler]] (a passive, [[RF]]-[[transformer]] coupling9 KB (1,370 words) - 23:47, 28 December 2023
- '''QBUS peripherals''' were used in both [[PDP-11]] and [[VAX]] systems; the [[QBUS]] was the primary [[bus]] in many of the former (and the [[Micr ...lable from [[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]], and as was canonical for DEC machines, from other organizations.4 KB (644 words) - 19:27, 16 February 2024
- ...11]]s and with [[VAX]] single and multiple [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]] systems. ...ntroduced (in 1981) because no existing standard had the capabilities that DEC deemed necessary in the mass storage arena. It is part of the [[Standard Di2 KB (301 words) - 12:59, 19 April 2024
- |____________________| EP-FSNVX-LB VAX |---------------------------- | * For this reason, DEC does not support "10-TICK-MODE" CI-LINK *31 KB (2,729 words) - 09:22, 27 February 2023
- | DEC |DEC | DEC |DEC || CUS | CUS | CUS | CUS | CUS | * For this reason, DEC does not support "10-TICK-MODE" CI-LINK *29 KB (2,531 words) - 09:23, 27 February 2023
- DEC called MicroVMS "retired" from VMS 5.0 onwards ...roduced for each of the V4.x releases of VAX/VMS and was discontinued when VAX/VMS V5.0 was released.2 KB (337 words) - 18:00, 13 January 2024
- ...with a system manager and operator, and rarely knew anyone experienced in VAX/VMS to whom they could turn for advice. ...documentation set was larger than the machine itself. Previously, VAX/VMS systems were installed, managed and maintained by system managers and operators; no21 KB (3,330 words) - 03:40, 16 January 2024
- ...supply]]); simply a larger configuration. They were thus high-end [[VAX]] systems, the last VAXen produced. ...] modules with Alpha CPU ones, as they became comfortable with Alpha-based systems.1 KB (210 words) - 01:28, 2 January 2024
- ...cceeded by the [[KA650 CPU]], and people assumed the name of the VAX systems which used it followed. Systems which used the KA650 included:1 KB (185 words) - 01:17, 2 January 2024
- While searching the Internet for information on the [[VAX]] [[TREK7]] game, I stumbled over another Star-Trek game called '''MULTI-TR ...g the sources, and some simple debugging attempts, I decided to employ the VAX [[debugger]] to obtain more information as to what was going on.35 KB (3,454 words) - 19:15, 1 February 2024
- ...VAX 85xx, VAX 8700, and VAX 8800, the DEC internal superordinate name was "VAX 8800 Family" from the beginning: ...ustained applications throughput ranges from 3.0 to 12 times that of the VAX-11/780 system. In the design process, automated tools helped to correct des6 KB (844 words) - 22:15, 29 April 2024
- _ K-RM-851BA-Y-0 Rev E, VAX 8500/8530/8550 Revision Matrix, Sep 1990 ...of the KA85 system. Revision levels are tracked according to DEC Std. 68. |233 KB (10,381 words) - 20:20, 22 May 2023
- _ K-RM-882BA-X-0 Rev C, VAX 8700/8810 VAX 8800/8820N Rev Matrix, Sep 1990 | 1-5 Hierarchy, VAX 8700/8800 SYSTEMS..................... 13 |239 KB (10,046 words) - 20:25, 22 May 2023
- _ K-RM-885BA-Y-0 Rev B, VAX 8820/8830/8840 System, Sep 1990 | 2-1 VAX 8820/8830/8840 Systems........................... 14 |170 KB (7,189 words) - 20:26, 22 May 2023
- DEC Software Media, Software License, Software Service, and Software Manual Ord *Y - [[Computer Special Systems]] Software6 KB (972 words) - 17:56, 25 April 2024
- ...essing Unit|CPU]] used in [[VAX 4000 Model 200]] systems. It is a single [[DEC card form factor|quad]]-height [[printed circuit board|PCB]] which plugs in [[Category: VAX QBUS Processors]]309 bytes (47 words) - 08:50, 17 July 2023
- ...essing Unit|CPU]] used in [[VAX 4000 Model 300]] systems. It is a single [[DEC card form factor|quad]]-height [[printed circuit board|PCB]] which plugs in [[Category: VAX QBUS Processors]]325 bytes (49 words) - 08:57, 17 July 2023
- ...essing Unit|CPU]] used in [[VAX 4000 Model 400]] systems. It is a single [[DEC card form factor|quad]]-height [[printed circuit board|PCB]] which plugs in [[Category: VAX QBUS Processors]]328 bytes (50 words) - 08:56, 17 July 2023
- ...essing Unit|CPU]] used in [[VAX 4000 Model 500]] systems. It is a single [[DEC card form factor|quad]]-height [[printed circuit board|PCB]] which plugs in [[Category: VAX QBUS Processors]]328 bytes (50 words) - 09:01, 17 July 2023
- ...essing Unit|CPU]] used in [[VAX 4000 Model 600]] systems. It is a single [[DEC card form factor|quad]]-height [[printed circuit board|PCB]] which plugs in [[Category: VAX QBUS Processors]]328 bytes (50 words) - 09:03, 17 July 2023
- ...essing Unit|CPU]] used in [[MicroVAX 3300/3400]] systems. It is a single [[DEC card form factor|quad]]-height [[printed circuit board|PCB]] which plugs in [[Category: VAX QBUS Processors]]308 bytes (46 words) - 09:15, 17 July 2023
- ...ers]] and the older models of the QBUS-based [[MicroVAX]] / [[VAXstation]] systems ([[MicroVAX I]], [[VAXstation I]], [[MicroVAX II]], [[VAXstation II]], [[VA ...Disk & Floppy QBUS Controllers share the same basic layout of the M8639 [[DEC card form factor|Quad]] QBUS Module.7 KB (1,107 words) - 05:04, 5 January 2024
- ...ated to VAX/DS) is a set of diagnostic software programs for the [[DEC]] [[VAX]] computers and peripheral devices. That's what they must have thought at DEC when they developed their diagnostic software.24 KB (3,367 words) - 08:59, 4 April 2024
- An intelligent, multiple display control system for PDP-11 and [[VAX]] computers. ...uter. Up to four VT36s can, therefore, be configured on one host PDP-11 or VAX, and one VT36 can itself support up to four independent display stations (v16 KB (2,398 words) - 12:26, 27 February 2024
- ...use of [[Original Equipment Manufacturer|OEM]]-produced [[peripheral]]s on DEC machines. ...ignated a 'TU70 Magnetic Tape Subsystem' (or TU71 or TU72 as appropriate). DEC software referred to a DX20 in such an assembly as a 'DX20A'.3 KB (531 words) - 03:01, 23 January 2024
- ...11]]s and with [[VAX]] single and multiple [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]] systems. ...s so across a large range of configurations (ranging from small individual systems, to groups of large [[server]]s.3 KB (392 words) - 04:13, 19 April 2024
- | manufacturer = [[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]] (vendor)<br>[[Cipher Data Products|Cipher]] (contractor) ...magnetic tape]] [[mass storage]] system for [[PDP-11]] and low-end [[VAX]] systems, which used industry-standard [[9-track]] tape. It used [[microprocessor]]-2 KB (277 words) - 09:24, 8 January 2024
- ...um performance, [[magnetic tape drive]] for [[PDP-11]] and low-end [[VAX]] systems, using industry-standard [[9-track]] tape. It was an auto-loading (auto-thr The drive was not made by [[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]]; it was actually produced by [[Cipher Data Products]]. Cipher sold the sa2 KB (284 words) - 15:53, 1 January 2024
- _ K-RM-821BA-Y-0 Rev B, VAX 8200/8300 Revision Matrix, Sep 1990 | VAX 8200/8300 SYSTEM REVISION MATRIX |...198 KB (5,881 words) - 23:03, 28 March 2024
- ...series of cabinets and accessories''' from [[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]] is a flexible modular system for housing computers and [[peripheral]]s; t Benefits for collectors of DEC hardware:13 KB (1,855 words) - 17:45, 12 April 2024
