MicroVAX 3500/3600 - Revision history

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Vaxorcist: /* References */ Put link into reference

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Jnc: /* Documentation error */ Document documentation error

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‎Documentation error: Document documentation error

Vaxorcist: Fixed typos

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Vaxorcist: Differences between 3500 and 3600 resolved

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Differences between 3500 and 3600 resolved

Jnc: DEC docs conflict on cabinet

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DEC docs conflict on cabinet

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No MicroVAX III

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 {{InfoboxVAX-Data
 | name = MicroVAX 3500/3600
 | Announcement = 9 September 1987
 | Codename = Mayfair
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 | VUPs = 2.7 [[#ref_4|[4]]]
 }}
 The '''MicroVAX 3500''' and '''MicroVAX 3600''' are variants of the [[VAXserver 3500/3600]]. The MicroVAX 3500 and 3600 are very 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 BA213 chassis housed in the [[H9644 cabinet]] with a similar, but modified door. Both models have the same a 12-slot [[backplane]].

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 <div id="ref_2">[2] "CVAX-based Systems", [[Digital Technical Journal]], Vol 1 No 7, August 1988. </div>
 <div id="ref_3">[3] VAX Systems Hardware Handbook -- VAXBI Systems. EB-31692-46</div>
-<div id="ref_4">[4] VAXcluster Systems. Guidelines for VAXCluster System Configurations. EK-VAXCT-CG-006</div>
+<div id="ref_4">[4] [http://www.vaxhaven.com/images/c/c6/EK-VAXCT-CG-006.pdf VAXcluster Systems - Guidelines for VAXcluster System Configurations] (EK-VAXCT-CG-006)</div>
 ==External links==

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	They used the [[KA650 CPU]]; [[main memory]] used the [[KA650 Main Memory System]], using a special bus carried on [[over the back]] connectors as well as the [[CD interconnect]] of the [[QBUS]] [[backplane]]. The QBUS was used only for [[input/output\|I/O]].		They used the [[KA650 CPU]]; [[main memory]] used the [[KA650 Main Memory System]], using a special bus carried on [[over the back]] connectors as well as the [[CD interconnect]] of the [[QBUS]] [[backplane]]. The QBUS was used only for [[input/output\|I/O]].
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		+	The [http://vtda.org/docs/computing/DEC/VMS/EK-O35AB-IS-002_MicroVAX_3600_VAXserver_3600_3602_Technical_Information_Jul1988.pdf MicroVAX 3600 VAXserver 3600/3602 Technical Information] manual says that both the 3500 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.pdf MicroVAX 3600 VAXserver 3600/3602 Operation] manual says that the 3600 is in the H9644 cabinet.)

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 [[Image:MicrVAX 3600.jpg|thumb|left|150px|A MicroVAX 3600]]
-The MicroVAX 3500 and 3600 are variants of the [[VAXserver 3500/3600]]. The '''MicroVAX 3500''' and '''MicroVAX 3600''' are very 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 BA213 chassis housed in the [[H9644 cabinet]] with a similar, but modified door. Both models have the same a 12-slot [[backplane]].
+The '''MicroVAX 3500''' and '''MicroVAX 3600''' are variants of the [[VAXserver 3500/3600]]. The MicroVAX 3500 and 3600 are very 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 BA213 chassis housed in the [[H9644 cabinet]] with a similar, but modified door. Both models have the same a 12-slot [[backplane]].
 They used the [[KA650 CPU]]; [[main memory]] used the [[KA650 Main Memory System]], using a special bus carried on [[over the back]] connectors as well as the [[CD interconnect]] of the [[QBUS]] [[backplane]]. The QBUS was used only for [[input/output|I/O]].

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 [[Image:MicrVAX 3600.jpg|thumb|left|150px|A MicroVAX 3600]]
-The '''MicroVAX 3500''' and '''MicroVAX 3600''' are very similar; the only distinction appears to be the enclosure: the 3500 was available in the [[BA213]], and the 3600 in the [[H9644 cabinet]].
+The '''MicroVAX 3500''' and '''MicroVAX 3600''' are very similar.The difference between the 3500 and 3600 is unclear: the [http://vtda.org/docs/computing/DEC/VMS/EK-O35AB-IS-002_MicroVAX_3600_VAXserver_3600_3602_Technical_Information_Jul1988.pdf MicroVAX 3600 VAXserver 3600/3602 Technical Information] manual says that both used the [[BA213]] enclosure; the [http://vtda.org/docs/computing/DEC/VMS/EK-O33AB-OM-002_MicroVAX_3600_VAXserver_3600_3602_Operation_Jul1988.pdf MicroVAX 3600 VAXserver 3600/3602 Operation] manual says that the 3600 is in the [[H9644 cabinet]]. Both agree that it had a 12-slot [[backplane]].
-They used the [[KA650 CPU]]; [[main memory]] used the [[KA650 Main Memory System]], using a special bus carried on [[over the back]] connectors as well as the [[CD interconnect]] of the [[QBUS]] [[backplane]]. The QBUS was used for [[input/output|I/O]].
+They used the [[KA650 CPU]]; [[main memory]] used the [[KA650 Main Memory System]], using a special bus carried on [[over the back]] connectors as well as the [[CD interconnect]] of the [[QBUS]] [[backplane]]. The QBUS was used only for [[input/output|I/O]].
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 * [http://www.vaxhaven.com/images/1/1e/EK-O30AB-IS-002.pdf MicroVAX 3500 VAXserver 3500 Technical Information] (EK-O30AB-IS-002)
 * [http://vtda.org/docs/computing/DEC/VMS/EK-O33AB-OM-002_MicroVAX_3600_VAXserver_3600_3602_Operation_Jul1988.pdf MicroVAX 3600 VAXserver 3600/3602 Operation] (EK-O33AB-OM-002)
-* [http://vtda.org/docs/computing/DEC/VMS/EK-O35AB-IS-002_MicroVAX_3600_VAXserver_3600_3602_Technical_Information_Jul1988.pdf MicroVAX 3600 VAXserver 3600/3602  Technical Information] (EK-O35AB-IS-002)
+* [http://vtda.org/docs/computing/DEC/VMS/EK-O35AB-IS-002_MicroVAX_3600_VAXserver_3600_3602_Technical_Information_Jul1988.pdf MicroVAX 3600 VAXserver 3600/3602 Technical Information] (EK-O35AB-IS-002)
 * [http://www.ext.zx.net.nz/computers/dec/microvax3500/ MicroVAX 3500]
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