MicroVAX III - Revision history

Jnc: Ditto

2024-05-24T02:38:37Z

Ditto

Jnc: Adopt formal group name syntax

2024-05-23T13:51:57Z

Adopt formal group name syntax

Jnc: New cats

2024-05-07T00:30:51Z

New cats

Jnc: +New category

2024-01-01T23:17:40Z

+New category

Jnc: Good reasons for partially replacing the QBUS; avoid redirs

2023-04-02T18:51:03Z

Good reasons for partially replacing the QBUS; avoid redirs

Jnc: Some detail on the special bus for the KA650 Main Memory System

2023-04-02T14:30:19Z

Some detail on the special bus for the KA650 Main Memory System

Jnc: Merge forks

2023-04-02T13:31:45Z

Merge forks

Jnc: Jnc moved page MicroVAX III/Draft to MicroVAX III without leaving a redirect: Merging dups

2023-04-02T13:20:51Z

Jnc moved page MicroVAX III/Draft to MicroVAX III without leaving a redirect: Merging dups

Jnc: Simultaneous edits!

2023-03-31T16:08:47Z

Simultaneous edits!

Vaxorcist: Clarification of the MicroVAX III name

2023-03-31T15:55:25Z

Clarification of the MicroVAX III name

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-'''MicroVAX III''' was the generic name erroneously given to the 3rd-generation series of [[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]] [[VAX]] [[microcomputer]]s by the computer press. It was not a formal [[DEC]] product name; the confusion probably occurred because the [[KA630 CPU]] of the [[MicroVAX II]] was succeeded by the [[KA650 CPU‎‎]], and people assumed the name of the VAX systems which used it followed.
+'''MicroVAX III''' was the generic name erroneously given to the 3rd-generation series of [[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]] [[VAX]] [[microcomputer]]s by the computer press. It was not a formal DEC product name; the confusion probably occurred because the [[KA630 CPU]] of the [[MicroVAX II]] was succeeded by the [[KA650 CPU‎‎]], and people assumed the name of the VAX systems which used it followed.
 The KA650 CPU‎‎ was implemented in [[VLSI]].
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+[[Category: MicroVAX Systems]]
 [[Category: Personal VAXen]]
-[[Category: QBUS VAXen]]
+[[Category: QBUS VAX Systems]]

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-[[Category: DEC VAX systems]]
+[[Category: MicroVAXen]]
 [[Category: QBUS VAXen]]

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 [[Category: DEC VAX systems]]

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-'''MicroVAX III''' was the generic name erroneously given to the 3rd-generation series of [[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]] [[VAX]] [[microcomputer]]s by the computer press. It was not a formal [[DEC]] product; the confusion probably occurred because the [[KA630 CPU]] of the [[MicroVAX II]] was succeeded by the [[KA650 CPU‎‎]], and people assumed the name of the VAX systems which used it followed.
+'''MicroVAX III''' was the generic name erroneously given to the 3rd-generation series of [[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]] [[VAX]] [[microcomputer]]s by the computer press. It was not a formal [[DEC]] product name; the confusion probably occurred because the [[KA630 CPU]] of the [[MicroVAX II]] was succeeded by the [[KA650 CPU‎‎]], and people assumed the name of the VAX systems which used it followed.
 The KA650 CPU‎‎ was implemented in [[VLSI]].
-These computers used the [[QBUS]] for their [[input/output|I/O]] [[bus]] only; [[main memory]] traffic used the [[KA650 Main Memory System‎‎]], which used a special bus carried on [[over the back]] connectors as well as the [[CD interconnect]] of the QBUS [[backplane]]. (The [[address space]] of the [[QBUS]] was limited to 4MB, and the data section is only 16 bits wide.)
+These computers used the [[QBUS]] for their [[input/output|I/O]] only; [[main memory]] traffic used the [[KA650 Main Memory System‎‎]], which used a special [[bus]] carried on [[over the back]] connectors as well as the [[CD interconnect]] of the QBUS [[backplane]]. (The [[address space]] of the QBUS was limited to 4MB, and the data section is only 16 bits wide, so there were good reasons for partially replacing it.)
 Systems which used the KA650 included:
-* [[MicroVAX 3500]]
+* [[MicroVAX 3500/3600|MicroVAX 3500]]
-* [[MicroVAX 3600]]
+* [[MicroVAX 3500/3600|MicroVAX 3600]]
-* [[VAXstation 3200]]
+* [[VAXserver 3500/3600|VAXserver 3500]]
-* [[VAXstation 3500]]
+* [[VAXserver 3500/3600|VAXserver 3600]]
-* [[VAXserver 3500]]
+* [[VAXstation 3200/3500|VAXstation 3200]]
-* [[VAXserver 3600]]
+* [[VAXstation 3200/3500|VAXstation 3500]]
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-The '''MicroVAX III''' was a [[personal computer]] [[VAX]] using the [[QBUS]] for its [[input/output|I/O]] [[bus]]. Its [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]] was the [[KA650 CPU‎‎]], implemented in [[VLSI]].
+The '''MicroVAX III''' was the generic name usually given to the 3rd-generation series of [[DEC]] [[VAX]] [[Microcomputer]]s by the computer press.
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+The MicroVAX III computers used the [[QBUS]] for their [[input/output|I/O]] [[bus]], their [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]]s were the [[KA650 CPU‎‎]]s, implemented in [[VLSI]].
 ==See also==