4 Nov
2000
4 Nov
'00
3:01 p.m.
Allison wrote:
Hint the KA650 was not a upgrade only cpu, it happens
that it's Qbus
and fits in any BAxx3 box.
I wrote:
And those don't say "MicroVAX III" on
them anywhere, now do they?
Allison wrote:
None did. From MVII on the term became just Microvax
despite going
from MVIII, Nvax, NVAX-5 and other varients of the VAX on a chip.
if You wanted a MicrovaxIII cpu in a new box you bought a Microvax3x00
(3200, 3400).
Bzzt! I've *personally* seen a BA123 MicroVAX II get upgraded to
a MicroVAX III complete with a new nameplate with that name. It did
NOT just say "MicroVAX".
Maybe some did not, but it's flat-out incorrect to say that there were
not machines with official "MicroVAX III" nameplates.