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== VAX 8500 systems ==
 
 
 
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| 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
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'''VAX 8500 / VAX 8530''' systems are the low-end members of the [[VAX 85xx, 87xx, and 88xx systems‎|VAX 85xx/87xx/88xx family]].
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Quotation from [[VAX 8500/8530/8550 Revision Control|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 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 ==
 
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  <div id="ref_3">[3] VAX Hardware Handbook. Volume 2-1986. </div>
 
  <div id="ref_3">[3] VAX Hardware Handbook. Volume 2-1986. </div>
 
  <div id="ref_4">[4] VAX Systems Hardware Handbook -- VAXBI Systems. EB-31692-46</div>
 
  <div id="ref_4">[4] VAX Systems Hardware Handbook -- VAXBI Systems. EB-31692-46</div>
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[[Category: VAX Superminis]]

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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