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

VAX
     
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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