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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