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| + | '''VAX 8500 / VAX 8530''' systems are the low-end members of the [[VAX 85xx, 87xx, and 88xx systems|VAX 85xx/87xx/88xx family]]. | ||
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| + | Quotation from [[VAX 8500/8530/8550 Revision Control|K-RM-851BA-Y-0 VAX 8500 8530 8550 Revision Matrix]]: | ||
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| + | ''"All 8500's will be upgraded to be an "8530". This was done in a microcode change included in Console Rev "22E". After this is installed, the banner on the console will come up with an "8530" banner."'' (in July 1987) | ||
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Revision as of 21:41, 20 May 2024
| VAX 8500 / VAX 8530 | |
| Summary | |
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| Announcement date: | 7 April 1986 |
| FRS date: | May 1986 |
| Codename: | Flounder |
| OS support (VMS): | VMS V4.4 |
| CPU Details | |
| Number of processors: | 1 |
| CPU technology: | ECL Gate Array [1] |
| CPU cycle time: | 45ns |
| Instruction-buffer: | 16 bytes [1] |
| Translation-buffer: | 1024 entries [1] |
| Writable Control Store: | 15K 143-bit words [1] |
| User Writable Control Store: | 1K 143-bit words [1] |
| Cache: | 64KB [1] |
| Compatibility mode: | No |
| Console processor: | PRO 380 |
| Console device: | 45 |
| Memory | |
| Minimum memory: | 16MB |
| Maximum memory: | 320MB |
| Memory checking: | 7-bit ECC/longword |
| I/O | |
| Max I/O throughput: | 16MB/s [1] |
| UNIBUS: | 1 @ 1.5MB/s |
| VAXBI: | 1-2 @ 13.3MB/s [3] |
| LAN support: | standard [3] |
| Performance | |
| VUPs: | 3.0 / 4.0 |
VAX 8500 / VAX 8530 systems are the low-end members of the VAX 85xx/87xx/88xx family.
Quotation from K-RM-851BA-Y-0 VAX 8500 8530 8550 Revision Matrix:
"All 8500's will be upgraded to be an "8530". This was done in a microcode change included in Console Rev "22E". After this is installed, the banner on the console will come up with an "8530" banner." (in July 1987)
References
| 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-11/725 • 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 |
