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April
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The VAX architecture committee meets for the first time. |
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October
1977:
Introduction of the VAX-11/780, the first member of the
VAX computer family. |
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February
1978:
V1.0 of the VMS operating system ships. |
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April
1980:
VMS version 2.0 is released. |
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October
1980:
Introduction of the VAX-11/750. |
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October
1981:
VAX information architecture is introduced. |
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April
1982:
The VAX-11/730 is the third -- and at the time --
the lowest cost member of the VAX family. |
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May 1983:
DIGITAL announces VAXclusters. |
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April
1984:
DIGITAL announces the Rdb relational database
management system. |
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April
1984:
Introduction of the VAX-11/785, the most powerful single
computer to date in DIGITAL's VAX family. |
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June 1984:
DIGITAL introduces ULTRIX-32, the first native UNIX
from DIGITAL for the VAX family of systems. |
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October
1984:
Announcement of the VAX 8600, the first of a new
generation of computers within the VAX family
and, at the time, the highest performance
computer system in DIGITAL's history. |
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October
1984:
Introduction of the VAXstation I, the company's first
32-bit single-user workstation. |
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January
1985:
DIGITAL introduces VAX ACMS (Application, Control and
Management System). |
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May 1985:
DIGITAL introduces the MicroVAX
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May 1985:
The MicroVAX chip is announced for the
MicroVAX II. |
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December
1985:
Introduction of the VAXstation II/GPX, DIGITAL's first technical
workstation for the UNIX marketplace. |
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January
1986:
Introduction of the top-of-the-line VAX
8800 and
the midrange VAX 8300 and VAX 8200. |
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September
1986:
Introduction of the VAXmate, a networked personal
computer combining the resources of the VAX-VMS
and MS-DOS operating systems. |
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November
1986:
DIGITAL introduces Local Area VAXcluster systems, extending
distributed computing to the work group. |
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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. |
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February
1987:
The VAXstation 2000 is introduced. |
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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. |
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April
1988:
DIGITAL introduces the VAX
6000
system platform, based on the CVAX
chip. |
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April
1988:
VMS version 5.0 is released. |
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January
1989:
Introduction of the VAX 6300 systems, DIGITAL's most
powerful and expandable VAX systems in a single
cabinet. |
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October
1989:
The VAX 9000 mainframe is introduced. |
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February
1990:
Adding fault-tolerant technology to the VAX
family, DIGITAL introduces the VAXft
3000
system. |
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October
1990:
The Mariah chip set ships in the VAX
6500. |
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October
1990:
DIGITAL announces its intention to "open
VMS". |
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November
1991:
The NVAX chip, DIGITAL's fourth VAX
microprocessor, is implemented in 0.75-micrometer
CMOS technology and ships in the VAX
6600. |
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DIGITAL announces the VAX 7000. |
