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-[http://h18002.www1.hp.com/alphaserver/vax/images/vax7000_med.jpg
]
+[Acronym] for __V__irtual __A__ddress E__x__tension, the most successful minicomputer in history (possibly excepting its immediate predecessor, the [PDP11]). It was released in 1978 and was only [retired|
http://h18002.www1.hp.com/alphaserver/vax/] recently, in 2000, in favour of the [Alpha]Server series now sold by [HP].
-[Acronym] for Virtual Address eXtension.
The VAX was the most successful minicomputer
in history, possibly excepting
its immediate predecessor
the [PDP11
].
+The [
VAX]
was the [Hacker]'s favourite machine until the advance of the microcomputer (the [IBM] [PC])
in about 1986. It is especially noted for
its large, [Assembler]-programmer-friendly instruction set – an asset that became a liability after
the [RISC
] revolution. [VAX] is also a British [brand of carpet cleaner | http://www.vax.co.uk/] whose advertising slogan, "Nothing sucks like a VAX!" became a battle-cry of [RISC] partisans. It is even sometimes claimed that [DEC] entered a licencing deal that allowed them to market [VAX] computers in the UK in return for not challenging the carpet cleaner trademark in the US
.
-It was released in 1978 and was only recently
[retired
|http://h18002
.www1
.hp.com/alphaserver/vax
/] in 2000. (
[HP
]/
[Compaq
] want
you to replace VAX with
[Alpha
].)
+[Linux has been ported to the VAX
| http://linux-vax
.sourceforge
.net
/], and
[NetBSD
] runs on it as well, but if you're using a
[VAX
] you're probably maintaining a [Legacy] system running
[VMS
].
-It was the [Hacker]'s favourite machine until the advance of the microcomputer (The IBM PC) in about 1986. It is especially noted for its large, assembly code-programmer-friendly instruction set - an asset that became a liability after the [RISC] revolution.
+! See also
-VAX is also a British brand
of carpet cleaner (
http://www
.vax
.co
.uk
/) whose advertising slogan, "Nothing sucks like a VAX!" became a battle-cry of RISC partisans. It is even sometimes claimed that DEC actually entered a licencing deal that allowed them to market VAX computers in the UK in return for not challenging the carpet cleaner trademark in the US.
-
-Linux has been ported to the VAX (http:
//linux-
vax.sourceforge.net
/), and [NetBSD
] runs on it as well, but if you're using a [VAX] you're probably maintaining a [Legacy] system and it will probably use [VMS].
-
-Cool things to do with a VAX include
[turning
it into a bar|http://www
.lpl
.arizona
.edu
/~vance/www
/vaxbar.html].
-
-[http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/~vance/www/images/vaxbar5.jpg
]
+* [A timeline
of the architecture |
http://h18002
.www1
.hp
.com
/alphaserver
/vax/timeline/
]
+*
Cool things to do with a [
VAX]:
[turn
it into a bar | http://toyvax
.glendale
.ca
.us
/~vance/vaxbar.html]
