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* [http://simh.trailing-edge.com/docs/vax_proc.txt Processor charts] | * [http://simh.trailing-edge.com/docs/vax_proc.txt Processor charts] | ||
* [http://gordonbell.azurewebsites.net/Digital/VAX%20Strategy%20c1979.pdf Basic Product Strategy] - Bell's original strategy document that led to the VAX | * [http://gordonbell.azurewebsites.net/Digital/VAX%20Strategy%20c1979.pdf Basic Product Strategy] - Bell's original strategy document that led to the VAX | ||
| + | * [http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/pdp11/memos/740913_Summary_Of_11_VAX_Architecture.pdf Summary of 11/VAX Architecture] - an interesting insight into early (September, 1974) thinking | ||
* [https://gordonbell.azurewebsites.net/Digital/Strecker%20Bell%20PDP-11%20VAX%20Alpha%20Retrospective.pdf What Have We Learned from the PDF’-11 - What We Have Learned from VAX and Alpha] | * [https://gordonbell.azurewebsites.net/Digital/Strecker%20Bell%20PDP-11%20VAX%20Alpha%20Retrospective.pdf What Have We Learned from the PDF’-11 - What We Have Learned from VAX and Alpha] | ||
* [https://gordonbell.azurewebsites.net/Digital/Bell_Retrospective_PDP11_paper_c1998.htm A Retrospective on What We Have Learned From the PDP-11: What Else Did We Need to Know That Could Have Been Useful in the Design of the VAX-11 to Make Alpha Easier?] | * [https://gordonbell.azurewebsites.net/Digital/Bell_Retrospective_PDP11_paper_c1998.htm A Retrospective on What We Have Learned From the PDP-11: What Else Did We Need to Know That Could Have Been Useful in the Design of the VAX-11 to Make Alpha Easier?] | ||
Revision as of 16:24, 16 May 2023
VAX is the name (short for 'Virtual Address eXtension') for a family of computers from DEC. They were the successors to the PDP-11 series of minicomputers.
Contents
Operating Systems
The following Operating Systems are known to run on the VAX.
Simulators
There are 2 well known simulators for the VAX.
New Emulator Hardware
Russian Clones
See also
External links
- VAX - documentation at Bitsavers
- VAX Hardware Handbook Volume 1
- VAX Hardware Handbook Volume 2
- VAXarchive
- Processor charts
- Basic Product Strategy - Bell's original strategy document that led to the VAX
- Summary of 11/VAX Architecture - an interesting insight into early (September, 1974) thinking
- What Have We Learned from the PDF’-11 - What We Have Learned from VAX and Alpha
- A Retrospective on What We Have Learned From the PDP-11: What Else Did We Need to Know That Could Have Been Useful in the Design of the VAX-11 to Make Alpha Easier?
- JFO (Joe Ossanna) Notes on 32-bit VAX
| v • d • e VAX Computers and Operating Systems |
|---|
| VAX-11/7xx (including VAX 86x0) - VAX-11/780 • VAX-11/785 • VAX-11/750 • VAX-11/730 • VAX 8600 • VAX 8650
VAX 8000 series (excluding VAX 86x0, above) - VAX 82xx/83xx series • VAX 85xx/87xx/88xx series MicroVAXen (many types also come in VAXserver and VAXstation models) - MicroVAX I • MicroVAX II VAXstation Series - VAXstation I • VAXstation II Late Model VAXen - VAX 4000 series • VAX 6000 series • VAX 7000 series • VAX 9000 series • VAX 10000 series |
| Special Purpose VAXen - VAXft series • rtVAX series • Infoserver series
Clones - CM 1700 • TPA-11/580 |
