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A '''VAXstation''' is a [[VAX]]-based [[workstation]] manufactured by [[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]]. The very first, the [[VAXstation 100]] was a programmable [[graphics]] [[terminal]] which attached to the [[UNIBUS]] on a [[host]] computer.
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A '''VAXstation''' is a [[VAX]]-based [[workstation]] manufactured by [[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]]. The very first product with this name, the [[VAXstation 100]], was not VAX-based; it was a programmable [[graphics]] [[terminal]] which attached to the [[UNIBUS]] on a [[host]] computer.
 
 
Another one, the [[VAXstation 500]] employed the [[Tektronix]] [[4125 Graphics Terminal]] attached to a [[MicroVAX I]]. When the [[MicroVAX II]] came out the same combination was called [[VAXstation 520]].
 
  
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Another one, the [[VAXstation 500 series|VAXstation 500]] employed the [[Tektronix]] [[4125 Graphics Terminal]] attached to a [[MicroVAX I]]. When the [[MicroVAX II]] came out the same combination was called [[VAXstation 500 series|VAXstation 520]].
  
 
The rest were all independent computers, based on a variety of internal [[bus]] types, starting with the [[QBUS]]. They were often produced by adding a [[bit-mapped display]] to an existing machine to produce a single-user workstation; later ones used a single [[motherboard]], with the [[display]] support built in. [[Ethernet]] was increasingly used to tie them together.
 
The rest were all independent computers, based on a variety of internal [[bus]] types, starting with the [[QBUS]]. They were often produced by adding a [[bit-mapped display]] to an existing machine to produce a single-user workstation; later ones used a single [[motherboard]], with the [[display]] support built in. [[Ethernet]] was increasingly used to tie them together.
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* [[VAXstation I]]
 
* [[VAXstation I]]
 
* [[VAXstation II]]
 
* [[VAXstation II]]
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* [[VAXstation 500 series]]
 
* [[VAXstation 3200/3500]]
 
* [[VAXstation 3200/3500]]
  
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* [[VAXstation 3520/3540]] - M-bus
 
* [[VAXstation 3520/3540]] - M-bus
 
* [[VAXstation 8000]] - [[VAX Bus Interconnect|VAXBI]] bus
 
* [[VAXstation 8000]] - [[VAX Bus Interconnect|VAXBI]] bus
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==See also==
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* [[:Category: VAXstation Peripherals|VAXstation Peripherals]]
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* [[Netbooting a VAXstation]]
  
 
==External links==
 
==External links==
  
 
* [http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/brochures/DEC-VAXstationFamilyOfWorkstations.pdf Digital's VAXstation Family of Workstations]
 
* [http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/brochures/DEC-VAXstationFamilyOfWorkstations.pdf Digital's VAXstation Family of Workstations]
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[[Category: VAXen]]
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{{Nav VAX}}
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[[Category: DEC Graphics Terminals]]
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[[Category: DEC VAX Systems‎]]
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[[Category: VAXstations‎]]
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[[Category: VAX Personal Systems]]

Latest revision as of 01:50, 2 June 2024

A VAXstation is a VAX-based workstation manufactured by DEC. The very first product with this name, the VAXstation 100, was not VAX-based; it was a programmable graphics terminal which attached to the UNIBUS on a host computer.

Another one, the VAXstation 500 employed the Tektronix 4125 Graphics Terminal attached to a MicroVAX I. When the MicroVAX II came out the same combination was called VAXstation 520.

The rest were all independent computers, based on a variety of internal bus types, starting with the QBUS. They were often produced by adding a bit-mapped display to an existing machine to produce a single-user workstation; later ones used a single motherboard, with the display support built in. Ethernet was increasingly used to tie them together.

QBUS-based VAXstations

Motherboard-based VAXstations

Others

See also

External links