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| + | Citation from [[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 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) | ||
{{InfoboxVAX-Data | {{InfoboxVAX-Data | ||
| − | | name = VAX 8500 | + | | name = VAX 8500 / VAX 8530 |
| Announcement = 7 April 1986 | | Announcement = 7 April 1986 | ||
| FRS-date = May 1986 | | FRS-date = May 1986 | ||
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| BUS-vaxbi = 1-2 @ 13.3MB/s [[#ref_3|[3]]] | | BUS-vaxbi = 1-2 @ 13.3MB/s [[#ref_3|[3]]] | ||
| LAN-support = standard [[#ref_3|[3]]] | | LAN-support = standard [[#ref_3|[3]]] | ||
| − | | VUPs = 3.0 | + | | VUPs = 3.0 / 4.0 |
}} | }} | ||
Revision as of 19:12, 22 May 2023
VAX 8500 / VAX 8530 systems
Citation 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 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)
| VAX 8500 / VAX 8530 | |
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| 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 |
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 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 |
