VAXstation 3200/3500 - Revision history

Jnc: /* External links */ Manx mirror of HCPS is gone

2026-10-14T05:50:00Z

External links: Manx mirror of HCPS is gone

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	==External links==		==External links==

	* [https://~~manx-docs~~.~~org~~/~~collections~~/hcps/154aaow1.pdf VAXstation 3200 Owner's Manual, BA23 Enclosure] (EK-154AA-OW-001)		* [https://vt100.net/mirror/hcps/154aaow1.pdf VAXstation 3200 Owner's Manual, BA23 Enclosure] (EK-154AA-OW-001)

	{{Nav VAX}}		{{Nav VAX}}

Vaxorcist: Amount of max. memory corrected (using MS650-B)

2024-10-05T08:08:42Z

Amount of max. memory corrected (using MS650-B)

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	\| CPU \|\| colspan="2" \| KA650-B		\| CPU \|\| colspan="2" \| KA650-B
	\|-		\|-
	\| Memory \|\| [[MS650]] (8 MB) \|\| MS650 (16 MB)		\| Memory \|\| [[MS650]] (16 MB) \|\| MS650 (32 MB)
	\|-		\|-
	\| Video Controller \|\| colspan="2" \| [[VCB02]] Mono / Color		\| Video Controller \|\| colspan="2" \| [[VCB02]] Mono / Color

Jnc: Adopt formal group name syntax

2024-05-23T13:59:54Z

Adopt formal group name syntax

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	[[Category: VAXstations]]		[[Category: VAXstations]]
	[[Category: QBUS ~~VAXen~~]]		[[Category: QBUS VAX Systems]]

Jnc: Avoid redir

2024-01-31T05:15:21Z

Avoid redir

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	Both are built around a [[QBUS]], used only for the [[input/output\|I/O]] [[bus]]; they use a special bus carried on [[over the back]] connectors as well as the [[CD interconnect]] for their [[main memory]] bus. (The [[address space]] of the [[QBUS]] was limited to 4MB, and the data section is only 16 bits wide.)		Both are built around a [[QBUS]], used only for the [[input/output\|I/O]] [[bus]]; they use a special bus carried on [[over the back]] connectors as well as the [[CD interconnect]] for their [[main memory]] bus. (The [[address space]] of the [[QBUS]] was limited to 4MB, and the data section is only 16 bits wide.)

	Both the 3200 and the 3500 use the [[KA650]]-B [[Central Processing Unit\|CPU]]. Commonalities and differences of both types of workstations are listed in the following table:		Both the 3200 and the 3500 use the [[KA650 CPU\|KA650-B]] [[Central Processing Unit\|CPU]]. Commonalities and differences of both types of workstations are listed in the following table:

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Jnc: +New category, add link

2024-01-31T05:13:03Z

+New category, add link

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	}}		}}

	The '''VAXstation 3200 and 3500''' are members of the second generation of [[VAX]] [[workstation]]s; they differ only in their enclosure, the size of their [[backplane]]s (and thus in the number of slots available), and in the [[peripheral]]s that come pre-packaged in them.		The '''VAXstation 3200 and 3500''' are members of the second generation of [[VAX]] [[VAXstation]] [[workstation]]s; they differ only in their enclosure, the size of their [[backplane]]s (and thus in the number of slots available), and in the [[peripheral]]s that come pre-packaged in them.

	Both are built around a [[QBUS]], used only for the [[input/output\|I/O]] [[bus]]; they use a special bus carried on [[over the back]] connectors as well as the [[CD interconnect]] for their [[main memory]] bus. (The [[address space]] of the [[QBUS]] was limited to 4MB, and the data section is only 16 bits wide.)		Both are built around a [[QBUS]], used only for the [[input/output\|I/O]] [[bus]]; they use a special bus carried on [[over the back]] connectors as well as the [[CD interconnect]] for their [[main memory]] bus. (The [[address space]] of the [[QBUS]] was limited to 4MB, and the data section is only 16 bits wide.)
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	[[Category: VAXstations]]		[[Category: VAXstations]]
			[[Category: QBUS VAXen]]

Jnc: New category

2024-01-15T14:19:55Z

New category

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	}}		}}

	The '''VAXstation 3200 and 3500''' are members of the second generation of VAX ~~workstations~~; they differ only in their enclosure, the size of their [[backplane]]s (and thus in the number of slots available), and in the [[peripheral]]s that come pre-packaged in them.		The '''VAXstation 3200 and 3500''' are members of the second generation of [[VAX]] [[workstation]]s; they differ only in their enclosure, the size of their [[backplane]]s (and thus in the number of slots available), and in the [[peripheral]]s that come pre-packaged in them.

	Both are built around a [[QBUS]], used only for the [[input/output\|I/O]] [[bus]]; they use a special bus carried on [[over the back]] connectors as well as the [[CD interconnect]] for their [[main memory]] bus. (The [[address space]] of the [[QBUS]] was limited to 4MB, and the data section is only 16 bits wide.) ~~Both the 3200 and the 3500 use the [[KA650]]-B [[Central Processing Unit\|CPU]].~~		Both are built around a [[QBUS]], used only for the [[input/output\|I/O]] [[bus]]; they use a special bus carried on [[over the back]] connectors as well as the [[CD interconnect]] for their [[main memory]] bus. (The [[address space]] of the [[QBUS]] was limited to 4MB, and the data section is only 16 bits wide.)

	Commonalities and differences of both types of workstations are listed in the following table:		Both the 3200 and the 3500 use the [[KA650]]-B [[Central Processing Unit\|CPU]]. Commonalities and differences of both types of workstations are listed in the following table:

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	{{Nav VAX}}		{{Nav VAX}}

	[[Category: ~~DEC VAX systems~~]]		[[Category: VAXstations]]

Vaxorcist: Corrected RQDX3 link

2023-08-19T19:56:06Z

Corrected RQDX3 link

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	\| Video Controller \|\| colspan="2" \| [[VCB02]] Mono / Color		\| Video Controller \|\| colspan="2" \| [[VCB02]] Mono / Color
	\|-		\|-
	\| Disk Controller \|\| [[RQDX3]] \|\| [[KDA50]]		\| Disk Controller \|\| [[RQDX3 MFM Disk & Floppy QBUS Controller\|RQDX3]] \|\| [[KDA50]]
	\|-		\|-
	\| Disk \|\| [[RD54]] \|\| [[RA70]]		\| Disk \|\| [[RD54]] \|\| [[RA70]]

Jnc: A more complex 'Enclosure' parameter

2023-03-24T00:32:04Z

A more complex 'Enclosure' parameter

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	\| Announcement = 10 January 1989		\| Announcement = 10 January 1989
	\| Codename = Mayfair/GP		\| Codename = Mayfair/GP
	<!-- \| OS-support-VMS = V4.5B ->		<!-- \| OS-support-VMS = V4.5B -->
			\| Enclosure = [[BA23 Enclosure\|BA23]] (3200) <br> [[BA213 Enclosure\|BA213]] (3500)
	\| CPU-name-VMS = KA650		\| CPU-name-VMS = KA650
	<!-- \| CPU-name-console = KA410-B		<!-- \| CPU-name-console = KA410-B

Vaxorcist: The VCB01 was used on the MicroVAX 1 / MicroVAX 2 only. Later models used the Mono/Color versions of the VCB02

2023-03-22T08:00:27Z

The VCB01 was used on the MicroVAX 1 / MicroVAX 2 only. Later models used the Mono/Color versions of the VCB02

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	\| Memory \|\| [[MS650]] (8 MB) \|\| MS650 (16 MB)		\| Memory \|\| [[MS650]] (8 MB) \|\| MS650 (16 MB)
	\|-		\|-
	\| Video Controller \|\| colspan="2" \| [[~~VCB01~~]] (Mono) / ~~[[VCB02]] (~~Color)		\| Video Controller \|\| colspan="2" \| [[VCB02]] Mono / Color
	\|-		\|-
	\| Disk Controller \|\| [[RQDX3]] \|\| [[KDA50]]		\| Disk Controller \|\| [[RQDX3]] \|\| [[KDA50]]

Vaxorcist: Corrected CPU model to KA650

2023-03-22T07:46:05Z

Corrected CPU model to KA650

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	}}		}}

	The '''VAXstation 3200 and 3500''' are members of the second generation of VAX workstations; they ~~appear to~~ differ only in the size of their [[backplane]]s (and thus in the number of slots available), and in the [[peripheral]]s that come pre-packaged in them.		The '''VAXstation 3200 and 3500''' are members of the second generation of VAX workstations; they differ only in their enclosure, the size of their [[backplane]]s (and thus in the number of slots available), and in the [[peripheral]]s that come pre-packaged in them.

	Both are built around a [[QBUS]], used only for the [[input/output\|I/O]] [[bus]]; they use a special bus carried on [[over the back]] connectors as well as the [[CD interconnect]] for their [[main memory]] bus. (The [[address space]] of the [[QBUS]] was limited to 4MB, and the data section is only 16 bits wide.) ~~The~~ 3200 ~~uses~~ the [[Central Processing Unit\|CPU]] ~~from a [[MicroVAX II]]; probably the 3500 also, but it has been impossible to locate documentation to confirm that~~.		Both are built around a [[QBUS]], used only for the [[input/output\|I/O]] [[bus]]; they use a special bus carried on [[over the back]] connectors as well as the [[CD interconnect]] for their [[main memory]] bus. (The [[address space]] of the [[QBUS]] was limited to 4MB, and the data section is only 16 bits wide.) Both the 3200 and the 3500 use the [[KA650]]-B [[Central Processing Unit\|CPU]].

	Commonalities and differences of both types of workstations are listed in the following table:		Commonalities and differences of both types of workstations are listed in the following table:
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	\| Enclosure \|\| [[BA23 Enclosure\|BA23]] (8 [[QBUS]] Slots) \|\| [[BA213 Enclosure\|BA213]] (12 QBUS Slots)		\| Enclosure \|\| [[BA23 Enclosure\|BA23]] (8 [[QBUS]] Slots) \|\| [[BA213 Enclosure\|BA213]] (12 QBUS Slots)
	\|-		\|-
	\| CPU \|\| colspan="2" \| [[KA650]]-B		\| CPU \|\| colspan="2" \| KA650-B
	\|-		\|-
	\| Memory \|\| [[MS650]] (8 MB) \|\| MS650 (16 MB)		\| Memory \|\| [[MS650]] (8 MB) \|\| MS650 (16 MB)
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	==~~Eternal~~ links==		==External links==

	* [https://manx-docs.org/collections/hcps/154aaow1.pdf VAXstation 3200 Owner's Manual, BA23 Enclosure] (EK-154AA-OW-001)		* [https://manx-docs.org/collections/hcps/154aaow1.pdf VAXstation 3200 Owner's Manual, BA23 Enclosure] (EK-154AA-OW-001)

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	Both are built around a [[QBUS]], used only for the [[input/output\|I/O]] [[bus]]; they use a special bus carried on [[over the back]] connectors as well as the [[CD interconnect]] for their [[main memory]] bus. (The [[address space]] of the [[QBUS]] was limited to 4MB, and the data section is only 16 bits wide.)		Both are built around a [[QBUS]], used only for the [[input/output\|I/O]] [[bus]]; they use a special bus carried on [[over the back]] connectors as well as the [[CD interconnect]] for their [[main memory]] bus. (The [[address space]] of the [[QBUS]] was limited to 4MB, and the data section is only 16 bits wide.)

	Both the 3200 and the 3500 use the [[KA650]]-B [[Central Processing Unit\|CPU]]. Commonalities and differences of both types of workstations are listed in the following table:		Both the 3200 and the 3500 use the [[KA650 CPU\|KA650-B]] [[Central Processing Unit\|CPU]]. Commonalities and differences of both types of workstations are listed in the following table:

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