Everything about MicroVAX
Family of low-cost minicomputers
The MicroVAX is a discontinued family of low-cost minicomputers developed and manufactured by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC). The first model, the MicroVAX I, shipped in 1984. The series uses processors that implement the VAX instruction set architecture (ISA) and were succeeded by the VAX 4000. Many members of the MicroVAX family have corresponding VAXstation variants, which primarily differ by the addition of graphics hardware. The MicroVAX family supports Digital's VMS, ULTRIX, and VAXELN operating systems. Prior to VMS V5.0, MicroVAX hardware required a dedicated version of VMS named MicroVMS. Wikipedia →
🧠Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: MicroVAXA 5-minute orientation
- Pick up a classic book: MicroVAX handbookThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: A microvax compatible data acquisition system for the collection of time-resolved X-ray dataCited 4 times
- Go sideways: VAXstationA closely related topic
- Go sideways: VAX 4000A closely related topic
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🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
A microvax compatible data acquisition system for the collection of time-resolved X-ray data
MicroVAX 32, a 32 bit microprocessor
An Inexpensive Intelligent Interface for Coupling a Pra Fluorescence Lifetime Instrument to a Microvax II
CHERS software system—A microVAX-based diagnostic
CACSD of Multivariable Linear Control Systems on MicroVAX II
DEC announces VAXstation 2000 and MicroVAX 2000…
MicroVAX II
CAE based on the MicroVAX II
đź“š Books worth reading
- 📕MicroVAX handbookDigital Equipment Corporation · 1984
Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.
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