Subject: Re: VAX R4000
To: Allison J Parent <allisonp@world.std.com>
From: Yubyub Bird <yubyub@j51.com>
List: port-vax
Date: 04/02/1998 10:51:45
> <Perhaps I wasn't clear - it is a VAX R4000-200.  The CPU I believe was on
> <of the precursors to the MIPS family (someone may be able to clear this
> <one up).
> 
> This is unclear and conflicting.  The R4000 seris is MIPS and DOES NOT
> run VMS.  They shipped and ran ULTRIX (a unix).  There was a 
> DECstation3xxx that was precurser to the decstation4xxx series.
> 
> Now the VAX4000-200 is a 5vup VAX with Q-bus and DSSI disks.

Okay - the machine I have is a VAX R4000-200, and it runs VMS.  From what
I've heard, its CPU was a precursor, or was related to, the MIPS family.
Frankly, I've no idea what type of CPU it is.  But is is a VAX and it does
run VMS.

-yubyub@j51.com
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