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== VAX 8600 systems ==

{{InfoboxVAX-Data
| name = VAX 8600
| Announcement = 31 October 1984
| FRS-date = March 1985
| Codename = Venus
| OS-support-VMS = V4.0
| CPU-module = KA86
| Num-proc = 1
| VMS-CPU = 4
| VMS-XCPU = 0
| SID = 0408F3FE
| XSID = 00000000
| CPU-technology = ECL Gate Array
| CPU-cycle = 80ns
| CPU-clock = 50MHz
| Instruction-buffer = 8 bytes [[#ref_1|[1]]]
| Translation-buffer = 512 entries [[#ref_1|[1]]]
| Gate-delay = 1ns
| WCS = 8K 86-bit words [[#ref_1|[1]]]
| Cache = 16KB [[#ref_1|[1]]]
| Compatibility-mode = Yes
| Console-processor = T-11 [[#ref_1|[1]]]
| Console-device = RL02 [[#ref_1|[1]]]
| Minimum-memory = 4MB
| Maximum-memory = 368MB
| Memory-checking = 7-bit ECC/longword [[#ref_1|[1]]]
| Max-I/O-throughput = 20MB/s
| BUS-MASSBUS = 4 @ 2.0MB/s
| BUS-UNIBUS = 7 @ 1.5MB/s
| LAN-support = optional
| VUPs = 83.3MHz
}}

== References ==

 <div id="ref_1">[1] VAX Hardware Handbook Volume 1 - 1986. </div>