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VAX TIMELINE
Intro: VAX to Alpha -- Passing the Torch
VAX timeline
VAX /OpenVMS 20th anniversary (1997)
     
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Paying homage to the VAX
VAX faces long and happy retirement
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VAX Timeline

VAX timeline 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 1985 1984 1983 1982 1981 1980 1978 1977 1975

 


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VAX11/780 open photo
April 1975:
The VAX architecture committee meets for the first time.
       
VAX-11/780 photo
October 1977:
Introduction of the VAX-11/780, the first member of the VAX computer family.
   
VMS group photo,  in the parking lot of  the Mill in Maynard, MA
February 1978:
V1.0 of the VMS operating system ships.
   
VAX VMS poster
April 1980:
VMS version 2.0 is released.
   
VAX-11/750 photo
October 1980:
Introduction of the VAX-11/750.
       
VAX information architecture block diagram
October 1981:
VAX information architecture is introduced.
       
VAX-11/730 photo
April 1982:
The VAX-11/730 is the third -- and at the time -- the lowest cost member of the VAX family.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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