VAX 8500/VAX 8530

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

VAX 8500 / VAX 8530 systems are the low-end members of the VAX 85xx/87xx/88xx family.

Quotation 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 in 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)

References

[1] "VAX 8800 Family", Digital Technical Journal, Vol 1 No 4, February 1987.

[2] Customer Update. Volume 5 Issue 8B. 15th August 1994.

[3] VAX Hardware Handbook. Volume 2-1986.

[4] VAX Systems Hardware Handbook -- VAXBI Systems. EB-31692-46