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Article #20536Re: MicroVAX emulation
From: Stephen Crawley
Date: Sat, 25 Mar 1989 10:08
Date: Sat, 25 Mar 1989 10:08
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> From the MicroVAX Handbook, Copyright 1984 by DEC, page 1-1: > > The VAX architecture is designed by Digital for its family > of 32-bit, virtual memory minicomputers. Digital has also > defined a proper subset of the VAX architecture call the > MicroVAX architecture. > > The section continues to state what is and is not included in the > MicroVAX architecture. My previous quote was taken from the "VAX Architecture Reference Manual", Copyright 1987 by DEC. Page 359. I cannot find any reference to any "MicroVAX architecture" in that edition of the RM. Instead they talk about subsets of the VAX architecture. There is clearly some inconsistency in DEC's terminology here. It would be interesting to see if later editions of the MicroVAX Handbook say the same thing as the 1984 edition.
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