28 May
2000
28 May
'00
7:24 a.m.
What fun! I got a book called "VAX-11 Assembly Language Programming."
What's a VAX-11?
And I also ended up with yet another printer, an older wedge-shaped
C-64 with a 1541 drive, and lots of programming stuff for the C64.
HesMon, HesKit, Pascal, Forth, and a pile of assembly stuff.
Eventually I get around to putting it all together and try to program
it, but right now I don't have the room or the time(damn! college is
hard...).
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28 May
28 May
7:38 a.m.
What fun! I got a book called "VAX-11 Assembly
Language Programming."
What's a VAX-11?
VAX-11/780
VAX-11/750
VAX-11/730
VAX-11/725
etc.
Basically it should be good for just about any VAX.
Zane
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7:49 a.m.
On Sun, May 28, 2000 at 12:24:43PM -0700, John Rollins wrote:
What fun! I got a book called "VAX-11 Assembly
Language Programming."
What's a VAX-11?
"The" original VAX. The original model of the VAX announced in
1977 was called the VAX-11/780, followed by various configurations
(11/782=Dual CPU version; 11/784=Quad CPU version). There was also
a much smaller, slower, cheaper version later called the VAX-11/750.
They were in some ways meant to be 32-bit versions of the PDP-11
processor, with lots of "extras". The VAX-11's had PDP-11
compatibility modes, in fact, to ease the transition to 32 bit.
Of course, PDP-11s lived on for many years after the VAX was
introduced, but a lot of people are still sore over the way DEC
killed off (or allowed to be killed off?) their 36-bit line (PDP-10)
in favor of the VAX.
-Seth
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11:54 p.m.
At 12:49 PM 28-05-00 -0700, sjm wrote:
"The" original VAX. The original model of
the VAX announced in
1977 was called the VAX-11/780, followed by various configurations
(11/782=Dual CPU version; 11/784=Quad CPU version). There was also
a much smaller, slower, cheaper version later called the VAX-11/750.
Well that's the first time I've heard of an 11/784. More details would be
interesting. I'm assuming that the MA780 had four ports rather than the two
I'd assumed it had...
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6:16 a.m.
First, there was the PDP/8 which came out in the sixties. It was a largish
"Minicomputer" meaning it didn't fill a room like the IBM 360's, but
you
couldn't exactly toss it in a closet either. Then came the PDP/11, which was
a bit smaller and 16-Bit in the seventies. Then came the VAX 11/750,
Digital's first 32-Bit mainframe, in the late seventies/early eighties, and
dominated the minicomputer market for quite a while. The first VAXes where
large cabinet sized affairs, needing wacky 380V power mains and hard drives
the size of a decent size car transmission. Then came the VAXStation 2000,
which had almost all the power of a VAX 11/750 in a case the size of a
largish shoebox. The home minicomputer was born. Through the eighties DEC
still made the huge company-running VAX 7000's, 8000's, 9000's, and
10000's,
but also made smaller workstation-style counterparts, the VAX 3100's,
4000's, MicroVAXes, VAXStations, and VAX-Servers. You can pick up a 3100 or
2000 for under $50 if you look hard. 4000's are nicer and run upwards $100.
You'll want to get a VAXStation, as opposed to a MicroVAX, cause it supports
a monitor, MicroVAX's are terminal controlled. Also, you'll need the special
DEC monitor that goes with whatever station you are buying, you can't use a
chincy PC compatable monitor with a VAXStation. Good luck and happy VAXing!
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Rollins" <rexstout(a)uswest.net>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Sunday, May 28, 2000 3:24 PM
Subject: VAX-11? and some C64 stuff
What fun! I got a book called "VAX-11 Assembly
Language Programming."
What's a VAX-11?
And I also ended up with yet another printer, an older wedge-shaped
C-64 with a 1541 drive, and lots of programming stuff for the C64.
HesMon, HesKit, Pascal, Forth, and a pile of assembly stuff.
Eventually I get around to putting it all together and try to program
it, but right now I don't have the room or the time(damn! college is
hard...).
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7:34 a.m.
Also, you'll need the special
DEC monitor that goes with whatever station you are buying, you
can't use a
chincy PC compatable monitor with a VAXStation.
However, a good quality multi-sync (i.e. modern) PC monitor
with BNC inputs will probably work fine. I'm using an
Iiyama Visionmaster 17 with a VAXstation 3500 (VCB02 video
adapter) with no trouble.
(And I have my PC plugged into the VGA input, so I can switch
between VAX and PC using the monitor's front panel buttons.)
Later,
Kenn
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