VAX
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.
Contents
Operating Systems
The following Operating Systems are known to run on the VAX.
Simulators
There are 2 well known simulators for the VAX.
New Emulator Hardware
Russian Clones
See also
External links
- VAX - documentation at Bitsavers
- VAX Hardware Handbook Volume 1
- VAX Hardware Handbook Volume 2
- VAXarchive
- Processor charts
- Summary of 11/VAX Architecture - an interesting insight into very early (September, 1974) thinking
- Basic Product Strategy - Bell's original strategy document (November,1978) on the VAX
- What Have We Learned from the PDF’-11 - What We Have Learned from VAX and Alpha
- A Retrospective on What We Have Learned From the PDP-11: What Else Did We Need to Know That Could Have Been Useful in the Design of the VAX-11 to Make Alpha Easier?
- JFO (Joe Ossanna) Notes on 32-bit VAX
| v • d • e VAX Computers and Operating Systems |
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| 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) - VAX 82xx/83xx series • VAX 85x0/8700/88xx series (Many types below may also come in the form of VAXserver and VAXstation models.) MicroVAXen - MicroVAX I • MicroVAX II • MicroVAX 2000 • MicroVAX 3100 VAXstation Series - VAXstation I • VAXstation II • VAXstation 3200/3500 • VAXstation 3520/3540 • VAXstation 8000 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 |
