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> Hi,
>
> Does anyone have info on the VAXStation 8000 (codenamed Lynx).
>
> I worked for Digital when this came out, and worked for quite a few
> weeks on a benchmark for a customer.
>
> Just curious if documentation for the SGR Graphics Library still
> existed. (Evans & Sutherland?)
>
> Mark Jeffery.
>

IIRC it was a VAX8200 (possibly later on an 8250) with a custom video card
that went into its BI bus.

The installation guide:
http://deathrow.vistech.net/~cvisors...S/vs800ig1.txt

SPD: http://h18000.www1.hp.com/info/SP25D8/SP25D8PF.PDF



Hans

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mark.jeffery@gmail.com spake the secret code
<1148162295.632804.301310@y43g2000cwc.googlegroups. com> thusly:

>Does anyone have info on the VAXStation 8000 (codenamed Lynx).

I've been looking for one for my collection for about a year now;
haven't found anyone who has one, much less has one available for my
collection.

>I worked for Digital when this came out, and worked for quite a few
>weeks on a benchmark for a customer.

I had just started grad school at the UofU when this came out and it
was demonstrated by E&S salesmen to our graphics class. It looked
pretty sweet with the E&S graphics.

It seems the CPU was relatively underpowered and the product was
canned within 1 year of its introduction. I have the VAX Systems &
Options Catalog from 1988 with the VS8000 listed inside. I was
planning on scanning the spec. sheets for this and putting it online.
I can prioritize this higher if it would help you out.

>Just curious if documentation for the SGR Graphics Library still
>existed. (Evans & Sutherland?)

Yes, it was Evans & Sutherland graphics in the system.
--
"The Direct3D Graphics Pipeline"-- code samples, sample chapter, FAQ:

Pilgrimage: Utah's annual demoparty

On 2006-05-25, Richard wrote:
> mark.jeffery@gmail.com spake the secret code
><1148162295.632804.301310@y43g2000cwc.googlegroups. com> thusly:
>>I worked for Digital when this came out, and worked for quite a few
>>weeks on a benchmark for a customer.
>
> I had just started grad school at the UofU when this came out and it
> was demonstrated by E&S salesmen to our graphics class. It looked
> pretty sweet with the E&S graphics.

I've never seen one with the graphics.

A PPOE did a handful of VAXBI add-on devices. Since DEC was desperate
for licensees, they shipped us one to use for development. Nice, becuase
it's physically a small self-contained box. There was space for two
6-slot VAXBI backplanes, but I've only seen them with one; the other
space is normally taken up by the E&S graphics option.

Since we didn't have graphics for ours, I dubbed it a "MicroVAX 8000".

Some of our boards were controlled by a Z80. For development of the
firmware, I booted CP/M-80 on the boards and used M80 and L80. Which means
that, for a while, I had VAXBI CP/M-80 machine living in a spare
VAXBI backplane. CP/M boots MUCH more quickly than VMS does...

When E&S sold off their stuff, we picked up a system for spares.

I left that company 5+ years ago. I doubt they still have the 8000s.
--
roger ivie
rivie@ridgenet.net

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Roger Ivie spake the secret code
thusly:

>When E&S sold off their stuff, we picked up a system for spares.
>
>I left that company 5+ years ago. I doubt they still have the 8000s.

....since I'm after the graphics and your company didn't have the
graphics in them, that wouldn't be very useful to me :-).

I get the impression that mere handfulls of these were sold. It
doesn't appear in the 1989 Systems & Options Catalog.
--
"The Direct3D Graphics Pipeline"-- code samples, sample chapter, FAQ:

Pilgrimage: Utah's annual demoparty

Richard wrote:
> [Please do not mail me a copy of your followup]
>
> Roger Ivie spake the secret code
> thusly:
>
> >When E&S sold off their stuff, we picked up a system for spares.
> >
> >I left that company 5+ years ago. I doubt they still have the 8000s.
>
> ...since I'm after the graphics and your company didn't have the
> graphics in them, that wouldn't be very useful to me :-).
>
> I get the impression that mere handfulls of these were sold. It
> doesn't appear in the 1989 Systems & Options Catalog.
> --
> "The Direct3D Graphics Pipeline"-- code samples, sample chapter, FAQ:
>
> Pilgrimage: Utah's annual demoparty


We shipped less than 10 (from Europe), I worked on them in Ayr, the
remainder around
35 systems were sent to be scrapped as a corporate write-off, I used a
few of them as demo systems, tried to get a few before they were
scrapped but no luck, have tried over the last few years to find one to
repair/run but no luck, be easier to get a 9000.

There was plenty of docs on the Shadofax boards , modules were produced
in ABO (new mexico)

hth

-eric