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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. | 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]]. | 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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* [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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Latest revision as of 00:50, 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
- VAXstation 3520/3540 - M-bus
- VAXstation 8000 - VAXBI bus
See also
External links
| v • d • e VAX Computers and Operating Systems |
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| 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 |
