VAXserver
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The VAXserver was a family of minicomputers developed and manufactured by Digital Equipment Corporation
(DEC) using processors implementing the VAX
instruction set architecture (ISA). The VAXserver models were variants of various VAX-based computers which were configured to only run operating systems which were licensed for network server use and not interactive time-sharing
use. This was accomplished with different CPU modules and firmware.
VAXserver models include:
Digital Equipment Corporation
Digital Equipment Corporation was a major American company in the computer industry and a leading vendor of computer systems, software and peripherals from the 1960s to the 1990s...
(DEC) using processors implementing the VAX
VAX
VAX was an instruction set architecture developed by Digital Equipment Corporation in the mid-1970s. A 32-bit complex instruction set computer ISA, it was designed to extend or replace DEC's various Programmed Data Processor ISAs...
instruction set architecture (ISA). The VAXserver models were variants of various VAX-based computers which were configured to only run operating systems which were licensed for network server use and not interactive time-sharing
Time-sharing
Time-sharing is the sharing of a computing resource among many users by means of multiprogramming and multi-tasking. Its introduction in the 1960s, and emergence as the prominent model of computing in the 1970s, represents a major technological shift in the history of computing.By allowing a large...
use. This was accomplished with different CPU modules and firmware.
VAXserver models include:
- VAXserver 3000 - (Based on the MicroVAXMicroVAXThe MicroVAX was a family of low-end minicomputers developed and manufactured by Digital Equipment Corporation . The first model, the MicroVAX I, was introduced in 1984...
)- VAXserver 3100
- VAXserver 3300
- VAXserver 3400
- VAXserver 3500
- VAXserver 3600
- VAXserver 3602
- VAXserver 3800
- VAXserver 3900
- VAXserver 4000 - (Based on the VAX 4000VAX 4000The VAX 4000 was a family of low-end minicomputers developed and manufactured by Digital Equipment Corporation using microprocessors implementing the VAX instruction set architecture . The VAX 4000 succeeded the MicroVAX family...
)- VAXserver 4000 Model 200 - KA660-BA CPU module
- VAXserver 4000 Model 300 - KA670-BA CPU module
- VAXserver 6000 - (Based on the VAX 6000VAX 6000The VAX 6000 was a family of minicomputers developed and manufactured by Digital Equipment Corporation using processors implementing the VAX instruction set architecture...
)- VAXserver 6000 Model 210
- VAXserver 6000 Model 220
- VAXserver 6000 Model 310
- VAXserver 6000 Model 320
- VAXserver 6000 Model 410
- VAXserver 6000 Model 420
- VAXserver 6000 Model 510
- VAXserver 6000 Model 520
- VAXserver 9000 - (Based on the VAX 9000VAX 9000The VAX 9000, code named Aridus, was a family of high-end minicomputers developed and manufactured by Digital Equipment Corporation using processors implementing the VAX instruction set architecture . The VAX 9000 was positioned by Digital as its first mainframe...
)- VAXserver 9000 Model 110
- VAXserver 9000 Model 3x0
- VAXserver 9000 Model 310/Model 310VP
- VAXserver 9000 Model 320/Model 320VP
- VAXserver 9000 Model 330/Model 330VP
- VAXserver 9000 Model 340/Model 340VP