14 Jan
2011
14 Jan
'11
2:28 p.m.
I have found two conflicting sources for when this machine was introduced.
According to Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MicroVAX) it was April
1994. The source of this information appears to be this article:
http://www.cbronline.com/archive/?SearchTerms=MicroVAX+3100+95
However, the following HP article
http://h71000.www7.hp.com/openvms/20th/vmsbook.pdf on p60 (bottom right)
suggests it is September 1992.
Both sources would appear to be pretty reliable, but they can't both be
right. Does anyone have any suggestion how I might determine which is the
more accurate?
Regards
Rob
14 Jan
14 Jan
3:44 p.m.
On 14/01/11 22:28, Rob Jarratt wrote:
I have found two conflicting sources for when this
machine was introduced.
According to Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MicroVAX) it was April
1994. The source of this information appears to be this article:
http://www.cbronline.com/archive/?SearchTerms=MicroVAX+3100+95
However, the following HP article
http://h71000.www7.hp.com/openvms/20th/vmsbook.pdf on p60 (bottom right)
suggests it is September 1992.
Both sources would appear to be pretty reliable, but they can't both be
right. Does anyone have any suggestion how I might determine which is the
more accurate?
Regards
Rob
The MicroVAX FAQ lists it as 1991 - I doubt if it is as late as 1994 -
it's basically the same technology as is in the 4000/90A, so it might be
worth cross-referencing with that model introduction.
3:59 p.m.
On 01/14/2011 05:28 PM, Rob Jarratt wrote:
I have found two conflicting sources for when this
machine was introduced.
According to Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MicroVAX) it was April
1994. The source of this information appears to be this article:
http://www.cbronline.com/archive/?SearchTerms=MicroVAX+3100+95
However, the following HP article
http://h71000.www7.hp.com/openvms/20th/vmsbook.pdf on p60 (bottom right)
suggests it is September 1992.
Both sources would appear to be pretty reliable, but they can't both be
right. Does anyone have any suggestion how I might determine which is the
more accurate?
Regards
Rob
1992 is more correct. My source is a old 1995 document on microvax
model performace.
My other source MicroVAX/VAXstation Systems Text FAQ 1996 also says that.
Wikipedia is only randomly accurate.
I have a very old archive and my VAXen are from that era. I know for a
fact personally
that the /95 was available before the Palmer corporate bleed of '93 When
I left DEC.
Allison
15 Jan
15 Jan
10:25 a.m.
Rob Jarratt [robert.jarratt at ntlworld.com] wrote:
I have found two conflicting sources for when this
machine was
introduced.
Only two :-)
According to Wikipedia
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MicroVAX) it was > April 1994.
The source of this information appears to be this article:
http://www.cbronline.com/archive/?SearchTerms=MicroVAX+3100+95
However, the following HP article
http://h71000.www7.hp.com/openvms/20th/vmsbook.pdf on p60 (bottom
right) suggests it is September 1992.
Actually p60 bottom right suggests "V5.5-2HW September 1992" but the
3100 M95 is listed under "V5.5-2H4 August 1993".
If you look at the various technical manuals which you can find on the
net,
the earliest ones to mention the 95 are dated June 1994.
I did have a bunch of info I'd carefully culled for this sort of thing,
including references, but that's not handy right now. The UK editions of
DECdirect are handy though. The April 1994 edition mentions options for
the uVAX 3100-90 but not the -95. By October 1994 (now called "digital"
rather than DECdirect) the uVAX 3100-95 is there.
The timeline on the DEC 40th Anniversary CD has the uVAX 3100-40 in
1992,
the uVAX 3100-85 in 1994 and the VAX 4000-106A in 1995. My recollection
is
that the uVAX 3100-95 came out at the same time as the -85.
So everything I have points to 1994.
Antonio
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