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January 1986:
Introduction of the top-of-the-line VAX 8800 and the midrange VAX 8300 and VAX
8200. |
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September 1986:
Introduction of the VAXmate, a networked
personal computer combining the resources of the VAX-VMS and
MS-DOS operating systems. |
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November 1986:
Digital introduces Local Area VAXcluster
systems, extending distributed computing to the work group. |
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January 1987:
Introduction of the VAX 8978 and VAX 8974, Digital's most powerful systems
to date, offering up to 50 times the power of the industry-standard
VAX-11/780. |
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February 1987:
The VAXstation 2000 is introduced. |
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September 1987:
Digital unveils a new generation of its MicroVAX computer family
with the introduction of the MicroVAX 3500 and MicroVAX
3600. Both machines are powered by the new CVAX
chip. |
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April 1988:
Digital introduces the VAX 6000 system platform, based on the CVAX chip. |
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April 1988:
VMS version 5.0 is released. |
