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

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VAX 8800 promo photo
  January 1986:
Introduction of the top-of-the-line VAX 8800 and the midrange VAX 8300 and VAX 8200.
     
VAXmate photo
  September 1986:
Introduction of the VAXmate, a networked personal computer combining the resources of the VAX-VMS and MS-DOS operating systems.
     
VAXcluster photo
  November 1986:
Digital introduces Local Area VAXcluster systems, extending distributed computing to the work group.
     
VAX 8974 photo
  January 1987:
Introduction of the VAX 8978 and VAX 8974, Digital's most powerful systems to date, offering up to 50 times the power of the industry-standard VAX-11/780.
     
VAXstation 2000 photo
  February 1987:
The VAXstation 2000 is introduced.
     
MicroVAX 3600 photo
  September 1987:
Digital unveils a new generation of its MicroVAX computer family with the introduction of the MicroVAX 3500 and MicroVAX 3600. Both machines are powered by the new CVAX chip.
     
VAX 6000 promo photo
  April 1988:
Digital introduces the VAX 6000 system platform, based on the CVAX chip.
     
VMS 5.0 poster
  April 1988:
VMS version 5.0 is released.

 


 

 

 

 

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