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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. The rest were all independent computers, based on a variety of internal [[bus]] types, starting with the [[QBUS]]. | 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. | ||
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== | ==QBUS-based VAXstations== | ||
Revision as of 22:31, 22 March 2023
A VAXstation is a VAX-based workstation manufactured by DEC. The very first, the VAXstation 100 was a programmable graphics terminal which attached to the UNIBUS on a host computer.
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
