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VAX 8550 systems
| VAX 8550 | |
| Summary | |
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| Announcement date: | August 1986 | 
| FRS date: | 24 January 1989 | 
| Codename: | Skipjack | 
| OS support (VMS): | VMS V4.4 | 
| CPU Details | |
| Number of processors: | 1 | 
| CPU technology: | ECL Gate Array [1] | 
| CPU cycle time: | 45ns [1] | 
| 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 | 
| Cache: | 64KB [1] | 
| Compatibility mode: | No | 
| Console processor: | PRO 380 | 
| Console device: | None | 
| Memory | |
| Minimum memory: | 16MB | 
| Maximum memory: | 320MB | 
| Memory checking: | 7-bit ECC/longword [2] | 
| I/O | |
| Max I/O throughput: | 16MB/s [1] | 
| UNIBUS: | 1 @ 1.5MB/s | 
| VAXBI: | 1-2 @ 13.3MB/s [2] | 
| LAN support: | standard [2] | 
| Performance | |
| VUPs: | 6.0 | 
| 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 | 
References
[1] "VAX 8800 Family", Digital Technical Journal, Vol 1 No 4, February 1987. 
 [2] VAX Hardware Handbook. Volume 2-1986. 
 [3] VAX Systems Hardware Handbook -- VAXBI Systems. EB-31692-46
 [4] Systems & Options Catalog. European Edition. Spring 1990. 

