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

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> From: Info-vax <info-vax-bounces at rbnsn.com> On Behalf Of Dave Froble via
> Info-vax
> Sent: Monday, September 25, 2023 8:53 PM
> To: info-vax at rbnsn.com
> Cc: Dave Froble <davef at tsoft-inc.com>
> Subject: Re: [Info-vax] Reading Gordon Bell's VAX strategy document
> 
> On 9/25/2023 10:14 AM, Single Stage to Orbit wrote:
> > On Mon, 2023-09-25 at 14:37 +0100, Paul Hardy wrote:
> >> Arne Vajhøj <arne at vajhoej.dk> wrote:
> >>> What was the smallest VAX memory wise?
> >>> I think I have heard about 256 KB VAX 780's. Can anyone confirm?
> >>
> >> I system managed VAX 11/780 serial 000047 in 1979. The original order
> >> was for 256K memory, but we upped it to 768K (3/4 MB) before
> >> delivery. It ran the complete computing of the company, including six
> >> programmers, and we sold time on it to at least four other high tech
> >> Cambridge companies
> >> -
> >> Shape Data, GDS, Nine Tiles, and whatever Dick Newell’s company was
> >> called at the time (CIS?).
> >
> > I seem to remember Microsoft also used VAX machines to build Windows
> > in the early days. Was that true?
> >
> 
> Alpha Ultimate workstations (AlphaServer 1200) were used for the initial 64
> bit WEENDOZE.
> 
> I seem to remember Gates and co using PDP-10 systems for some early stuff.
> The early Basic for sure.
> 
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For a very interesting read about VAX architecture history

<https://ipfs.io/ipfs/QmdA5WkDNALetBn4iFeSepHjdLGJdxPBwZyY47ir1bZGAK/comp/vax.html>


Regards,

Kerry Main
Kerry dot main at starkgaming dot com