Search results

From Computer History Wiki
Jump to: navigation, search
  • ...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 fr
    17 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 primarily
    14 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]] and
    10 KB (1,332 words) - 16:51, 22 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 capabilities
    13 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 pers
    5 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]]
    7 KB (1,027 words) - 04:25, 13 January 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]] connecte
    3 KB (420 words) - 09:14, 15 July 2023
  • | name = VAX-11/750 | image = VAX 11 750 Trondheim.jpg
    8 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 with
    2 KB (331 words) - 23:22, 14 January 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 100/100A
    2 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 Microsy
    28 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 Schottk
    2 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) con
    3 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

View (previous 20 | next 20) (20 | 50 | 100 | 250 | 500)