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MicroVAX

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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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Two computers, a DEC PDP 11/60[double dagger] and a DEC MicroVAX [II.
The microprocessor-based DU5P data unit on every injection press provides bi-directional communications between the presses and the MicroVAX supervisory computer, which collects all the production information and stores it in a database management system.
Some of its featured items include a 1941 Motorola car radio, 1947 Bendix radio, 1949 General Electric 14-inch portable TV, 1975 BIC turntable, microprocessors dating from 1972 to 2005, 1985 DEC MicroVax II computer and a current, state-of-the-art IBM blade server.
 
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