The DECstation was a brand of computers used by DEC, and refers to three distinct lines of computer systems—the first released in 1978 as a word processing system, and the latter two both released in
DECstation 5000 Model 200 with top cover removed
DECStation 5000 133 Workstation
VAX is a series of computers featuring a 32-bit instruction set architecture and virtual memory that was developed and sold by Digital Equipment Corporation in the late 20th century. The VAX-11/780, i
DECstation
…available RISC-based machine built by DEC. By the late 1980s, Unix RISC vendors like Sun Microsystems lured many customers from DEC's traditional CISC VAX systems. The company recognized the threat of RISC's two-to-one price/performance ratio advantage over VAX. DECstation 3100 was among several internal…
VAX 8350 front view with cover removed
MicroVAX 3600 (left) with printer (right)
The SPEC-1 VAX, a VAX 11/780 used for benchmarking, showing internals