VAX-11? and some C64 stuff

From: Jason McBrien <jbmcb_at_hotmail.com>
Date: Wed May 31 13:16:31 2000

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_at_uswest.net>
To: <classiccmp_at_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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