VAX-11/750 registry (Was: Reviving a VAX-11/750)

P Gebhardt p.gebhardt at ymail.com
Tue Jul 7 17:23:41 CDT 2015



----- Ursprüngliche Message -----
> Von: Johnny Billquist <bqt at update.uu.se>
> An: cctech at classiccmp.org
> CC: 
> Gesendet: 23:02 Dienstag, 7.Juli 2015
> Betreff: Re: VAX-11/750 registry (Was: Reviving a VAX-11/750)
> 
> On 2015-07-07 23:55, Robert Armstrong wrote:
>>>  Johnny Billquist bqt at update.uu.se wrote:
>>>  some of the 8000-series stuff are probably the biggest ...
>> 
>>     Not all of them.  The 82xx/83xx family was just one 10-1/2" chassis 
> for
>>  the CPU - the same physical size as a 11/730, yet they were genuine single
>>  or dual CPU BI bus VAXen.  Of course, many of their brothers were quite a
>>  bit bigger.
>> 
>>     And don't forget the VAXstation-8000...
> 
> Right. But I did say "some". :-)
> 
> Think 8978 for example...


I'd say that the 8000 series (besides the 11/7x0 series) were the most diverse in size compared to the 6000, 7000 and 9000 series. As already mentioned, the 82x0 or 83x0 fit into a small half-height cabinet. The 85x0 has the size of a 6000 or 7000 series vax, if I remember well. The 8800 series were housed in very large cabients, larger than the 6000 and 7000 series cabinets.

Pierre


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