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VAX timeline 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 1985 1984 1983 1982 1981 1980 1978 1977 1975

     
  The two new relational database products, VAX Rdb/VMS and VAX Rdb/ELN, were implemented in a common architecture, spanning the full range of VAX processors -- from the MicroVAX I to the VAX-11/785.
     
  CPU cycle time in the VAX-11/785 was 133ns, 50% faster than the 200ns cycle time of the VAX-11/780. The accelerated cycle time allowed all CPU operations to run up to 50% faster, resulting in higher throughput, faster response time and the ability to support more users.
     
  The VAX 8600, shown here during assembly, offered up to 4.2 times the performance of the industry standard VAX-11/780 and increased I/O capacity, while maintaining I/O subsystem compatibility with the VAX-11/780 and the 11/785 Synchronous Backplane Interconnect (SBI). The VAX 8600 was the first VAX implementation in ECL technology and the first to include macropipelining.
     
  The VAXstation I was the first in a new family of MicroVAX-based technical workstations. It was a powerful, single-user computing system supporting the professional user, sold in packaged form.
     
  ULTRIX-32 was an interactive, timesharing operating system derived from VM/UNIX Version 4.2BSD developed at the University of California at Berkeley. ULTRIX-32 combined all the features of 4.2BSD with enhancements for servicablitiy, documentation and the ability to tailor the kernel without sources.

 


 

 

 

 

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