[Info-vax] Reading Gordon Bell's VAX strategy document

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On Sunday, September 24, 2023 at 6:48:56 PM UTC-4, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> On 9/24/2023 10:29 AM, Johnny Billquist wrote:
> > On 2023-09-24 16:10, John Dallman wrote: 
> >> The idea of running VMS on a terminal with a total of 64KB of RAM and ROM 
> >> in 1982 seems implausible now, but it seems to have been the reason for 
> >> 512-byte pages.
> > VMS was never expected to run on something with 64K. You couldn't even 
> > run a reasonable PDP-11 on that little memory at that point. (I said 
> > responable, for anyone dragging out a minimal RT-11 system.)
> What was the smallest VAX memory wise? 
> 
> I think I have heard about 256 KB VAX 780's. Can anyone confirm? 
> 
> Arne
The 780 had hex height boards that were 256KB each.  Ours was one of the largest of those at the universities at the time with 1-1/4 MB (5 boards) when it first arrived.   Supported 50+ terminals with it too!!

Dan