18 Mar
2014
18 Mar
'14
8:36 a.m.
On Mar 18, 2014, at 10:19 AM, Glen Slick <glen.slick at gmail.com> wrote:
On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 5:57 AM, Garrett Meiers <me
at garrettmeiers.com> wrote:
I only had one for a few months, but that sounds right. The display controller I remember
was a one bit per pixel (black/white only) display, just a bitmap (no hardware assist
other than perhaps to display the mouse cursor). Software originally was VAXwindows, then
that was canceled and the first X based software appeared in its place, a significant
improvement in features as well as speed.
paul
So, I found three VAXSTATION 1's, and I can
find little about them... Other
than the one-liner that Wikipedia has about them. Does anyone have any
more specs on these?
Picture here:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/enjkzjq3euk07md/2014-03-17%2019.15.43.jpg
Do you have physical access to the systems to inspect them? A MicroVAX
I consisted of an M7135 Data Path Module and an M7136 Memory
Controller Module, which made up the KD32 CPU, mounted in a BA23
chassis. The memory was regular Q22 bus memory, such as M8067 MSV11-P
modules. The disk controller at the time was an M8639 RQDX1 module.
http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/vax/610/EK-KD32A-TD-002_MicroVAX_I_CPU_Tec…
I assume a VAXstation I would be the same as a MicroVAX I except with
the addition of an M7602 VCB01 / QVSS module plus monitor, keyboard,
and mouse. 