18 Oct
2022
18 Oct
'22
2:18 p.m.
On Oct 18, 2022, at 2:57 AM, Holm Tiffe via cctalk
<cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
Paul Koning via cctalk wrote:
I assume the story about the message is accurate (I heard it from a senior guy at DEC who
should know) but that doesn't mean it was actually cloned. It seems to be an engineer
reaction to hearing about their earlier work being stolen.
paul
...
You probably have heard of the CVAX chip, where on the mask in microscopic lettering is
the message, in Russian: "CVAX -- when you want to steal the very best".
Yes, but this was nonsense, the first VAX CPU Chip from USSR was an
Equivalent of an VAX11/750..but the VAX11/750 never hat an single CPU
Chip! The CPU consisted of large Boards full of TTL and Sequencers.
Sorry...no clone. They used the DEC Processor Manual and build their own
chips.