We have an 8650 at the Rhode Island Computer Museum. Unfortunately I don't think that there is any home of getting it running again. https://www.ricomputermuseum.org/collections-gallery/equipment/dec-vax-8650
On Wed, Jul 2, 2025 at 10:14 AM Paul Koning via cctalk < [email protected]> wrote: > > > > On Jul 2, 2025, at 7:28 AM, Antonio Carlini via cctalk < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > I have the VAX 8600 Training Print Set and I sent it to someone (sorry, > forgot who) years ago. > > > > There's at least one online version here: > https://www.vaxhaven.com/images/0/04/EY-4818E-PP-0001.pdf > > > > I don't know what, if anything, would be the difference between this and > the normal MPxxxx drawings. > > > > Antonio > > That looks a bit like a block diagram, sort of a conceptual level > schematic as opposed to a detailed gate by gate schematic. > > It reminds me a bit of the "block diagram" manuals for the CDC 6600 > supercomputer, which shows most of the logic modules and the buses > interconnecting them, along with the relevant clock pulses (more or less > accurately). But there are also the wiring diagrams, which are the actual > fully completed schematics. If you want to understand the machine, the > block diagrams are excellent; if you want to replicate it, they are not > sufficient and the wiring diagrams are actually what you need. > > paul > > -- Michael Thompson
