Alphaservers for free in Athabasca, Alberta

[Dave Wade]

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> From: cctalk <cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org> On Behalf Of Grant Taylor via
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> Sent: 06 August 2019 04:25
> To: cctalk at classiccmp.org
> Subject: Re: Alphaservers for free in Athabasca, Alberta
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> On 8/5/19 8:40 PM, ben via cctalk wrote:
> > Now why could it not be a nice little PDP 11.
> 
> I thought that it could be if it was running emulation software.
> 
> Or was that more that the VAX-11 could emulate a PDP-11 up to a specific
> version & hardware combination?  (Read: Did this functionality not get carried
> forward to the Alphas?)
> 

I think it went from the VAX fairly early in the model range. I don't believe that any of the MicroVax machines implemented this.
The VAX Architecture manual 

http://bitsavers.trailing-edge.com/pdf/dec/vax/archSpec/EY-3459E-DP_VAX_Architecture_Reference_Manual_1987.pdf

(page 289) simply says its an optional feature without saying which models had it...

Dave


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