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From: dan@rna.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.rumor
Subject: New Vaxen info
Message-ID: <178@rna.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 24-Oct-83 23:45:05 EDT
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Posted: Mon Oct 24 23:45:05 1983
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	Well these aren't rumors, and sorry to bother you if you know this
stuff but...
	From DEC sales brochures...

MicroVAX I:

		- two quad height Qbus boards which apparently use the new
	Q22 block-mode memory transfer protocol and (is wasn't clear) may
	require a C-D type Qbus backplane.

		- implements a proper subset of the VAX instruction set,
	missing PDP-11 compatibility mode, decimal arithmetic, certain string,
	D and H floating point and a few other instructions. The string move
	instructions MOVC3/5 are implemented. There is a vague statement that
	implies that missing instructions may be included by choice of the
	user (presumably some limited amount of WCS left). I am not very
	familiar with the code output of the UNIX VAX C compiler, can anyone
	comment on the effect of these missing instructions on the porting of
	UNIX to the MicroVAX I ? (DEC will provide it as MicroVAX ULTRIX).

		- in the same performance class as the 11/730 and 11/44.

		- pricing for a MicroVAX I system similar to the MicroPDP11
	is $20000 (same disk and floppy), and $10000 without disks. This
	implies that a board alone is about $7000.

VAX 11/725:

		- as someone else said, it is a re-packaged 11/730 with a
	52 Mb disk (half fixed, half removable), with Unibus (4 free slots).
		- designed to work in an office environment - smaller, quiet
	and cool.
		- base price system with 52Mb disk and 1Mb memory - $25000.
		- first ship - 11/83, volume - Q3/FY84
	
	I hope this helps...

						Dan Ts'o
						...cmcl2!rna!dan