On Mon, 2 Feb 1998, Anders Magnusson wrote:

> Actually 8800 is two KA88 (2 * ~6 VUPs), and can have 512MB memory. It has
> a PRO380 as console. One of the ftp.luth.se machines is a 8800.

Hm, is it a two-processor machine "by default", or _can_ it be one?
I don't know the 8xxx series, and the DEC specs I have don't say
anything about this.

> 8830 and 8840 are 3 and 4 CPU variants of 8800, with a MicroVAX as console.
> A 8800 can have up to four BI buses.

Hm, was the 8800 the first VAX to have multiple processors without any
tricking? And what were the 8974 and 8978 configurations _exactly (how
many processors, HSCs, SAs)?

> TA78/81/90/91/92 uses a SDI cable and are connected to a HSC.

And if not to a HSC, what then? To an UDA/KDA/xxx?

> about 200MB, TA91 400MB and TA92 many GB/tape. These three machines 
> was built by IBM but labeled DEC.

Yes, I saw these beasts (or very similar ones) in IBM mainframe
configurations, under the number "3480" or so :)

> >  6000-300 (in '89): CVAX+ chipset, introduced the XMI bus
> >  3.8 VUPs, memory and cache as with the 6200
> > 
> Both 6200 and 6300 have XMI bus. The CPU cards can be intermixed :-)

The 6200 had XMI? I did not know that... 


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