13 Jul
2024
13 Jul
'24
7:19 a.m.
On Fri, Jul 12, 2024 at 6:10 PM John Levine <johnl(a)taugh.com> wrote:
PS: For you young folks, Comet was DEC's internal project name for the
/750.
The first generation of VAXen were the 11-780 (codenamed Star), the 11/750
(Comet) and the 11/730 (Nebula).
The 11/780's successor was to be implemented in ECL and was codenamed
Venus. Along with Venus were a two-board VAX implementation (Gemini) and a
one-board VAX (Scorpio). Gemini was cancelled. Venus had lots of schedule
slippage but was eventually released, but under the new 4-digit VAX
branding system (it was originally slated to be called the 11-790).
Scorpio became the VAX 8000.
-Paul W