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* [[:Category:VAXen|VAXen]] | * [[:Category:VAXen|VAXen]] | ||
* [[:Category:DEC VAX systems|DEC VAX systems]] | * [[:Category:DEC VAX systems|DEC VAX systems]] | ||
| + | * [[VAX CPUs, Modules, Part Numbers and Firmware]] | ||
| + | * [[:Category:VAX Software|VAX Software]] | ||
| + | * [[H95xx-H96xx Series of DEC Cabinets and Accessories]] | ||
| + | * [[List of VAX models with PDP-11 compatibility mode]] | ||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
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* [http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/vax/handbook/VAX_Hardware_Handbook_Volume_1_1986.pdf VAX Hardware Handbook Volume 1] | * [http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/vax/handbook/VAX_Hardware_Handbook_Volume_1_1986.pdf VAX Hardware Handbook Volume 1] | ||
* [http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/vax/handbook/VAX_Hardware_Handbook_Volume_2_1986.pdf VAX Hardware Handbook Volume 2] | * [http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/vax/handbook/VAX_Hardware_Handbook_Volume_2_1986.pdf VAX Hardware Handbook Volume 2] | ||
| − | * [http://www. | + | * [http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/brochures/DEC-Now&YearsAhead.pdf VAX: Computer Systems for Now ... And The Years Ahead] - covers the early VAX-11 machines |
| − | * [http:// | + | * [http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/brochures/DEC-VAX-Systems.pdf Digital VAX Systems] - the later heyday of the line |
| + | * [http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/brochures/DEC-VAX-SystemsSummary.pdf VAX Systems Summary] - covers the last VAXes, just before the [[DEC Alpha|Alphas]] | ||
* [http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/pdp11/memos/740913_Summary_Of_11_VAX_Architecture.pdf Summary of 11/VAX Architecture] - an interesting insight into very early (September, 1974) thinking | * [http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/pdp11/memos/740913_Summary_Of_11_VAX_Architecture.pdf Summary of 11/VAX Architecture] - an interesting insight into very early (September, 1974) thinking | ||
* [http://gordonbell.azurewebsites.net/Digital/VAX%20Strategy%20c1979.pdf Basic Product Strategy] - Bell's original strategy document (November,1978) on the VAX | * [http://gordonbell.azurewebsites.net/Digital/VAX%20Strategy%20c1979.pdf Basic Product Strategy] - Bell's original strategy document (November,1978) on the VAX | ||
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* [https://gordonbell.azurewebsites.net/Digital/Bell_Retrospective_PDP11_paper_c1998.htm A Retrospective on What We Have Learned From the PDP-11: What Else Did We Need to Know That Could Have Been Useful in the Design of the VAX-11 to Make Alpha Easier?] | * [https://gordonbell.azurewebsites.net/Digital/Bell_Retrospective_PDP11_paper_c1998.htm A Retrospective on What We Have Learned From the PDP-11: What Else Did We Need to Know That Could Have Been Useful in the Design of the VAX-11 to Make Alpha Easier?] | ||
* [http://9p.io/cm/cs/who/dmr/vax1.html JFO (Joe Ossanna) Notes on 32-bit VAX] | * [http://9p.io/cm/cs/who/dmr/vax1.html JFO (Joe Ossanna) Notes on 32-bit VAX] | ||
| + | * [http://www.vaxarchive.org/ VAXarchive] - random material | ||
| + | * [http://simh.trailing-edge.com/docs/vax_proc.txt Processor charts] | ||
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Latest revision as of 05:21, 14 May 2024
VAX is the name (short for 'Virtual Address eXtension') for a family of computers from DEC. They were the successors to the PDP-11 series of minicomputers.
Contents
Operating Systems
The following Operating Systems are known to run on the VAX.
Diagnostic Software
There are two kinds of diagnostic software for VAX computers:
- MicroVAX Diagnostic Monitor for all MicroVAX computers (except for the MicroVAX I)
- VAX Diagnostic Supervisor for all other VAX models
Simulators
There are 2 well known simulators for the VAX:
New Emulator Hardware
Russian Clones
See also
- MicroVAX
- VAXserver
- VAXstation
- VAXcluster
- VAXen
- DEC VAX systems
- VAX CPUs, Modules, Part Numbers and Firmware
- VAX Software
- H95xx-H96xx Series of DEC Cabinets and Accessories
- List of VAX models with PDP-11 compatibility mode
External links
- VAX - documentation at Bitsavers
- VAX Hardware Handbook Volume 1
- VAX Hardware Handbook Volume 2
- VAX: Computer Systems for Now ... And The Years Ahead - covers the early VAX-11 machines
- Digital VAX Systems - the later heyday of the line
- VAX Systems Summary - covers the last VAXes, just before the Alphas
- Summary of 11/VAX Architecture - an interesting insight into very early (September, 1974) thinking
- Basic Product Strategy - Bell's original strategy document (November,1978) on the VAX
- What Have We Learned from the PDF’-11 - What We Have Learned from VAX and Alpha
- A Retrospective on What We Have Learned From the PDP-11: What Else Did We Need to Know That Could Have Been Useful in the Design of the VAX-11 to Make Alpha Easier?
- JFO (Joe Ossanna) Notes on 32-bit VAX
- VAXarchive - random material
- Processor charts
| v • d • e VAX Computers and Operating Systems |
|---|
| VAX-11/7xx (including VAX 86x0) - VAX-11/780 • VAX-11/785 • VAX-11/750 • VAX-11/730 • VAX 8600 • VAX 8650
VAX 8000 series (excluding VAX 86x0) - VAX 82xx/83xx series • VAX 85x0/8700/88xx series MicroVAXen (many types also come in VAXserver and VAXstation models) - MicroVAX I • MicroVAX II VAXstation Series - VAXstation I • VAXstation II Late Model VAXen - VAX 4000 series • VAX 6000 series • VAX 7000 series • VAX 9000 series • VAX 10000 series |
| Special Purpose VAXen - VAXft series • rtVAX series • Infoserver series
Clones - CM 1700 • TPA-11/580 |
