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my old work gave me a microvax in the late 1990s. I rolled it out of work (security held the door open oddly didn't really check if I should be taking this thing), where it was used for cad. I got it working at home but honestly I didn't really have great software and buying anything additional was not easy at the compusa.. it ended up on the electronics scrap.

I give the computer museum credit for keeping this history in working order.




The microvax was two levels removed from mainframe land.

The original VAX systems, occupying 2 to 4 cabinets, were similar to the 1401. They were both "mini" computers -- smaller than a mainframe, but considerable and interesting unto themselves.

The microvax was a VAX re-implemented with much cheaper, cooler logic, so it could be sold as a desk-side or a single rack system.




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