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{{InfoboxVAX-Data
| name = VAX 8800
| Announcement = 29 January 1986
| FRS-date = February 1986
| Codename = Nautilus
| OS-support-VMS = VMS V4.4
| CPU-module = KA88
| Num-proc = 2
| VMS-CPU = 6
| VMS-XCPU = 0
| SID = 06045060
| XSID = 000009F7
| CPU-technology = ECL Gate Array [[#ref_1|[1]]]
| CPU-cycle = 45ns [[#ref_1|[1]]]
| Instruction-buffer = 16 bytes [[#ref_1|[1]]]
| Translation-buffer = 1024 entries [[#ref_1|[1]]]
| WCS = 15K 143-bit words [[#ref_1|[1]]]
| UWCS = 1K 143-bit words [[#ref_1|[1]]]
| Cache = 64KB
| Console-processor = PRO380
| Minimum-memory = 48MB
| Maximum-memory = 12000003
| Memory-checking = 7-bit ECC/longword
| Max-I/O-throughput = Over 30MB/s [[#ref_1|[1]]]
| BUS-UNIBUS = 2 @ 1.5MB/s
| BUS-vaxbi = 4 @ 13.3MB/s
| LAN-support = optional
| VUPs = 12
}}

The '''VAX 8800''' comes in four models, depending on the number of [[Central Processing Unit|CPUs]] installed in the basic cabinet:

* VAX 8810 - 1 CPU
* VAX 8820 - 2 CPUs
* VAX 8830 - 3 CPUs
* VAX 8840 - 4 CPUs

The first three may be upgraded in the field by the installation of additional CPU(s).

== References ==

 <div id="ref_1">[1] "VAX 8800 Family", Digital Technical Journal, Vol 1 No 4, February 1987. </div>
 <div id="ref_2">[2] VAX Hardware Handbook. Volume 2-1986. </div>

==External links==

* [http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/vax/handbook/VAX_Hardware_Handbook_Volume_2_1986.pdf VAX Hardware Handbook Volume 2] - the VAX 8800 is covered in Chapter 2 (pp. 24-49 of the PDF)
* [http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/vax/8800/ 8800] - VAX 88xx documentation at [[Bitsavers]]
** [http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/vax/8800/EK-8840H-UG-001_88xx_System_Hardware_Users_Guide_Mar88.pdf VAX 8820/8830/8840 System Hardware User's Guide] (EK-8840H-UG-001)

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