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MicroVAX

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MicroVAX
A line of entry-level VAXs from Digital Equipment introduced in 1983 that ran under the MicroVMS or ULTRIX operating systems. Some models used the Q-bus architecture. A large number of MicroVAX models were developed over the years. See VAX.

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Still running in 2003, this MicroVAX (top unit) was one of the original models. Subsequent MicroVAX models were larger, floor-standing units. Although obsolete for more than a decade, many old computers like this one continue to be used today, often performing only one function day in and day out.


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The software operates off of a MicroVAX computer located at the central security station.
Network basics Rather than hire a long-distance runner to shuttle the thousand part programs and hundreds of megabytes of inspection data, Ellsworth networked the four CMMs to a MicroVAX II using Sheffield's Sheffnet software.
The equipment being serviced at the research facility represents 59 CPU's ranging from DEC VAX 4300's TO 8700's, MicroVAX 2's as well as Alpha systems and supports over 400 users.
 
 
 
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