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The '''VAX 8200''' is a mid-range [[VAX]] uni-processor system built around the [[VAX Bus Interconnect|VAXBI]] [[bus]]; it can support an optional [[UNIBUS]] adapter.
  
 
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* [http://vtda.org/docs/computing/DEC/VMS/AZ-GN4AC-TE_VAX_8200_8300_Owner's_Manual_Sep1986.pdf VAX 8200/8300 Owner's Manual] (AZ-GN4AC-TE)
 
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* [http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/vax/handbook/VAX_Hardware_Handbook_Volume_2_1986.pdf VAX Hardware Handbook Volume 2] - the VAX 8200 is described on page 1-10–1-11 (pg. 19-20 of the PDF) and covered in detail in Chapter 5, "VAX 8200 and VAX 8300 Processors" (pp. 86-102 of the PDF)
  
 
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Revision as of 16:42, 26 March 2023


VAX 8200
Summary
Announcement date: 29 January 1986
Codename: Scorpio
OS support (VMS): V4.4
CPU Details
CPU name (VMS): KA820
CPU module: KA820
Module: T1001-00
Number of processors: 1
VMS DCL CPU: 5
VMS DCL XCPU: 0
SID: 05282B14
XSID: 00000000
CPU chip: V11 [2]
CPU technology: ZMOS [1]
CPU cycle time: 200ns
CPU clock: 40MHz [2]
Instruction-buffer: 8 bytes
Control store: 15K 40-bit words [3]
Writable Control Store: 1K 40-bit words [3]
Cache: 8KB
Compatibility mode: No
Console processor: CPU
Console device: RX50
Memory
Maximum memory: 128MB [1]
Memory checking: 7-bit ECC/longword [3]
I/O
Max I/O throughput: 13.3MB/s
VAXBI: 1 @ 13.3MB/s
LAN support: optional
Performance
VUPs: 1.0


The VAX 8200 is a mid-range VAX uni-processor system built around the VAXBI bus; it can support an optional UNIBUS adapter.

References

[1] VAX Systems Hardware Handbook -- VAXBI Systems. EB-31692-46
[2] KA825 Maintenance Advisory. EK-KA825-MA-001
[3] VAX Hardware Handbook. Volume 2-1986.

External links