VAXstation 3200/3500 - Revision history

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

2024-10-05T08:08:42Z

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

Jnc: Adopt formal group name syntax

2024-05-23T13:59:54Z

Adopt formal group name syntax

Jnc: Avoid redir

2024-01-31T05:15:21Z

Avoid redir

Jnc: +New category, add link

2024-01-31T05:13:03Z

+New category, add link

Jnc: New category

2024-01-15T14:19:55Z

New category

Vaxorcist: Corrected RQDX3 link

2023-08-19T19:56:06Z

Corrected RQDX3 link

Jnc: A more complex 'Enclosure' parameter

2023-03-24T00:32:04Z

A more complex 'Enclosure' parameter

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

Vaxorcist: Corrected CPU model to KA650

2023-03-22T07:46:05Z

Corrected CPU model to KA650

Jnc: Expand description; add link to doc

2023-03-22T00:09:58Z

Expand description; add link to doc

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 | 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

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

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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 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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 }}
-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.)
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 [[Category: VAXstations]]

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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}}
-[[Category: DEC VAX systems]]
+[[Category: VAXstations]]

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

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 | Announcement = 10 January 1989
 | Codename = Mayfair/GP
-<!-- | OS-support-VMS = V4.5B ->
+<!-- | OS-support-VMS = V4.5B -->
 | CPU-name-VMS = KA650
 <!-- | CPU-name-console = KA410-B

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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:
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 | 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)
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 {{semi-stub}}
-==Eternal links==
+==External links==
 * [https://manx-docs.org/collections/hcps/154aaow1.pdf VAXstation 3200 Owner's Manual, BA23 Enclosure] (EK-154AA-OW-001)