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* [http://simh.trailing-edge.com/docs/vax_proc.txt Processor charts]
 
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* [http://9p.io/cm/cs/who/dmr/vax1.html JFO (Joe Ossanna) Notes on 32-bit VAX ]
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* [https://gordonbell.azurewebsites.net/Digital/Strecker%20Bell%20PDP-11%20VAX%20Alpha%20Retrospective.pdf What Have We Learned from the PDF’-11 - What We Have Learned from VAX and Alpha]
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* [https://gordonbell.azurewebsites.net/Digital/Bell_Retrospective_PDP11_paper_c1998.htm A Retrospective on What We Have Learned From the PDP-11:
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What Else Did We Need to Know That Could Have Been Useful in the Design of the VAX-11 to Make Alpha Easier?]
  
 
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Revision as of 22:43, 6 August 2022

VAX is the name (short for 'Virtual Address eXtension') for a family of computers from DEC. They were the successors to the PDP-11 series of minicomputers.

Operating Systems

The following Operating Systems are known to run on the VAX.

Emulators

There are 2 well known emulators for the VAX.

Russian Clones

SMEP minicomputer series

See also

External links

What Else Did We Need to Know That Could Have Been Useful in the Design of the VAX-11 to Make Alpha Easier?]