VAX9000 unearthed

[Josh Dersch]

On Fri, Feb 18, 2022 at 6:55 AM Paul Koning via cctalk <
cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:

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> Speaking of vector processors: there's a very obscure DEC processor, the
> DEC MPP.  I remember seeing the processor architecture document when it was
> being designed, not sure why.  It's a very-RISC machine, just a few
> instructions, but lots of cores especially for that time -- 256?  More?
> Recently I saw it mentioned in some documents, apparently it did get
> produced and shipped, perhaps only in small numbers.  I wonder if any have
> been preserved.


There was one listed on eBay for an obscene (like $500k?) price for quite
awhile, don't see it listed right now though.  Somehow I doubt it sold.
But at least there's one out there, somewhere...

- Josh



> As far as I know there is no family connection between that machine and
> anything else DEC did before or since.
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