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MicroVAX
Senin, 2025-07-07 05:34:10

The MicroVAX is a discontinued family of low-cost minicomputers developed and manufactured by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC). The first model, the...

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MicroVAX 78032
Senin, 2026-06-08 01:04:37

The MicroVAX 78032 (otherwise known as the DC333) is a microprocessor developed and fabricated by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) that implements a...

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VAX
Minggu, 2026-08-16 21:18:14

amount of microcode required and was referred to as the "MicroVAX" architecture. In the MicroVAX I, the ALU and registers were implemented as a single gate-array...

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VAXstation
Sabtu, 2026-05-16 17:15:51

operating systems. Many members of the VAXstation family had corresponding MicroVAX variants, which primarily differ by the lack of graphics hardware. The...

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List of VAX computers
Senin, 2025-11-17 02:47:19

MicroVAX 3100 Model 95 MicroVAX 3100 Model 96 MicroVAX 3100 Model 98 MicroVAX 3300 MicroVAX 3400 MicroVAX 3500 MicroVAX 3600 MicroVAX 3800 MicroVAX 3900...

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Linux
Minggu, 2026-08-23 04:48:59

the fall of 1990, Torvalds enrolled in a Unix course. The course used a MicroVAX minicomputer running Ultrix, and one of the required texts was Operating...

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Q-Bus
Kamis, 2026-02-12 17:12:42

as the LSI-11 Bus, is one of several bus technologies used with PDP and MicroVAX computer systems previously manufactured by the Digital Equipment Corporation...

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VAX 4000
Minggu, 2025-11-23 02:08:43

the VAX instruction set architecture (ISA). The VAX 4000 succeeded the MicroVAX family, and shipped with the OpenVMS operating system. It was the last...

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Robotron K 1820
Sabtu, 2024-08-17 21:46:50

and it went into serial production in 1990. The K 1820 is a clone of the MicroVAX II made by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC). The import of western 32-bit...

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Ultrix
Senin, 2025-10-20 02:03:09

(DEC) discontinued native Unix operating systems for the PDP-11, VAX, MicroVAX and DECstations. The initial development of Unix occurred on DEC equipment...

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Linus Torvalds
Sabtu, 2026-08-22 15:45:53

studies, and was exposed to Unix for the first time in the form of a DEC MicroVAX running ULTRIX. Later, he bought computer science professor Andrew Tanenbaum's...

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SIMH
Selasa, 2026-08-11 19:46:25

PDP-9 PDP-10 PDP-11 PDP-15 VAX Family Systems MicroVAX I, VAXStation I MicroVAX II, VAXStation II MicroVAX 3900 VAX 11/730 VAX 11/750 VAX 11/780 VAX 8600...

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DEC Systems Research Center
Kamis, 2026-08-06 04:37:49

used in the first multiprocessor workstation, the Firefly, built from MicroVAX 78032 microprocessors; the first multi-threaded Unix system, Taos; the...

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DEC Firefly
Minggu, 2026-08-02 03:27:20

Digital Equipment Corporation. The first version built contained up to seven MicroVAX 78032 microprocessors. The cache from each of the microprocessors kept...

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U80701
Rabu, 2024-08-21 21:10:49

(CQFP-68 package). The U80701 was developed by reverse engineering the MicroVAX 78032 microprocessor of the Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC). It is...

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Informix-4GL
Minggu, 2026-05-03 22:23:56

platforms included Microsoft Xenix (on IBM PC AT), DEC Ultrix (running on Microvax II, VAX-11/750, VAX-11/785, VAX 8600), Altos 2086, AT&T 3B2, AT&T 3B5,...

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Greater-than sign
Selasa, 2026-08-04 16:38:42

greater-than signs form the distinctive prompt of the firmware console in MicroVAX, VAXstation, and DEC Alpha computers (known as the SRM console in the latter)...

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Easter egg (media)
Rabu, 2026-08-19 11:46:26

examined under magnification. The 1984 CVAX microchip implementation of the MicroVAX CPU contains in its etchings the Russian phrase in the Cyrillic alphabet...

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X Window System
Senin, 2026-08-10 06:26:47

become available in time. DEC engineers ported X6 to DEC's QVSS display on MicroVAX. In the second quarter of 1985, X acquired color support to function in...

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Digital Storage Systems Interconnect
Senin, 2025-10-20 02:15:57

EDA640s (MicroVAX 3300/3400 series). o Systems Communications Services (SCS) for the VMScluster is run over the Network Interconnect (NI) for MicroVAX 3300/3400...

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V (operating system)
Senin, 2026-03-16 07:59:36

ran V as the only operating system on their diskless SUN workstations or MicroVAX workstations. Compiles could be done either on V, or on VAX Unix machines...

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VAX-11
Selasa, 2026-06-09 04:31:05

The VAX-11 line was discontinued in 1988, having been supplanted by the MicroVAX family on the low end, and the VAX 8000 family on the high end. The VAX-11/780...

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PDP-11
Selasa, 2026-07-07 21:26:44

newer 32-bit software, but this capability was dropped with the first MicroVAX. For a decade, the PDP-11 was the smallest system that could run Unix,...

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VAXELN
Selasa, 2026-05-26 22:02:00

the MicroVAX I, the first VAX microcomputer. Although it was a low-volume product compared with the New England-developed MicroVAX II, the MicroVAX I demonstrated...

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DECsystem
Rabu, 2026-08-12 04:48:46

shipped with a MicroVAX diagnostic processor, which ran similar ROM diagnostics to the MicroVAX series, as well as boot the tape based MicroVAX Diagnostic...

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OpenVMS
Senin, 2026-08-10 16:08:22

VAX/VMS were created: MicroVMS was a distribution of VAX/VMS designed for MicroVAX and VAXstation hardware, which had less memory and disk space than larger...

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Digital Equipment Corporation
Sabtu, 2026-08-08 19:43:45

systems, and was carried forward to MPEG-3 compliant systems. VAX and MicroVAX computers (very widespread in the 1980s) running VAX/VMS formed one of...

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Gimmick!
Jumat, 2026-07-03 16:17:48

score displayed in the lower part. The game may have been developed with a MicroVAX minicomputer, but Sakai claims he could have made the game how he wanted...

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Binary-coded decimal
Selasa, 2026-06-30 14:58:55

with that on IBM System/360 and IBM's later compatible processors. The MicroVAX and later VAX implementations dropped this ability from the CPU but retained...

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Digital Linear Tape
Senin, 2025-10-20 02:23:26

shifting its strategy to LTO. DEC launched the TK50 tape drive for the MicroVAX II and PDP-11 minicomputers in 1984. This used 22-track CompacTape I cartridges...

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Daniel W. Dobberpuhl
Kamis, 2025-08-07 15:13:12

engineer and led teams designing microprocessors such as the DEC T-11 and MicroVAX. He rose to become one of five senior corporate consulting engineers, DEC's...

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NS32000
Selasa, 2026-08-11 16:06:29

Although the company later pursued this effort alone, resulting in the MicroVAX architecture and product family, the lack of industry interest and concerns...

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History of computing hardware (1960s–present)
Kamis, 2026-07-23 18:19:11

RISC-II 1984 Motorola 68020; National Semiconductor 32032; NEC V20 1985 DEC MicroVAX 78032/78132; Harris Novix; Intel 80386; MIPS R2000 1986 NEC V60; Sun SPARC...

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History of Unix
Rabu, 2026-08-19 03:40:37

competition from PC LANs and traditional minicomputers like IBM System/36 or DEC MicroVAX II. Ingres ported the database from Unix to DEC's VMS for commercial viability...

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List of Soviet microprocessors
Jumat, 2026-05-29 23:22:17

processor PDP-11 1806ВМ2 1807 DEC T-11 16 NMOS processor PDP-11 КР1807ВМ1 DEC MicroVAX 32 NMOS processor VAX КЛ1807ВМ3 1808 8 I²L controller КА1808ВМ1 1810 Intel...

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Hudson Fab
Minggu, 2025-12-14 19:10:29

some of the most complex integrated circuits in the world, as part of the microVAX and related product lines. It underwent a major upgrade in 1994, but DEC's...

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Len Kawell
Kamis, 2026-07-23 21:19:32

operating system. He also played a key role in the development of the MicroVAX computer, VAX Notes, and VMC Mail. Like DEC co-founders Harlan Anderson...

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List of computer system emulators
Minggu, 2026-07-05 10:01:54

source Charon TB 4.0 January 11, 2011 PDP-11/94 (UNIBUS), MicroVAX II, MicroVAX 3600, MicroVAX 3600, VAX Server 3600, VAX Server 3600, VAX 4000/106, VAX...

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Pick operating system
Selasa, 2026-07-07 01:06:25

as a layer on top of DEC VAX systems, the 750, 780, 785, and later the MicroVAX. Ultimate also had versions of the Ultimate Operating System running on...

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VEB Robotron
Selasa, 2026-06-16 13:13:00

Superminicomputer K 1600 [de] (DEC PDP-11), K 1840 (VAX 11/780), K 1820 (MicroVAX II), Office and personal computers A 5120, PC 1715, A 7100 [de], A 7150 [de]...

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Microprocessor chronology
Rabu, 2026-02-18 19:02:33

NEC 5 MHz 8/16 - 63,000 1985 80386 Intel 12 MHz 32 1.5 μm 275,000 1985 MicroVax II 78032 DEC 5 MHz 32 3.0 μm 125,000 1985 R2000 MIPS 8 MHz 32 2 μm 115...

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NETtalk (artificial neural network)
Sabtu, 2026-04-18 05:56:01

{18629/10^{6}}{0.275}}=0.068} MCPS. Relative times are normalized to the MicroVax. The network had three layers and 18,629 adjustable weights, large by the...

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QBU
Minggu, 2021-04-11 06:47:06

Miami Hurricanes football program Q-Bus, a technology used with PDP and MicroVAX computer systems QBUS Cambuslans, a BT site engineering code Qualified...

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List of Mapúa University people
Sabtu, 2026-05-16 19:55:44

microprocessor-based calculator while at Commodore in 1976; the first single-chip MicroVAX for Digital Equipment; the first 10-Mbit Ethernet CMOS with silicon coupler...

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NVAX
Senin, 2025-10-20 01:49:16

NVAX+ was used in late-model VAX systems released in 1991 such as the MicroVAX 3100, VAXstation 4000, VAX 4000, VAX 6000, VAX 7000/10000 and VAXft. Although...

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NetBSD
Selasa, 2026-08-04 15:28:05

Maltagliati (19 March 2021). "Booting NetBSD/VAX 1.5.3 from network on a MicroVAX 3300". Retrieved 14 April 2025. Luke S. (16 December 2024). "Running NetBSD...

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Edinburgh Concurrent Supercomputer
Kamis, 2025-08-07 10:59:53

SERC and the DTI for a much larger system using T800 transputers and a MicroVAX fileserver. The Edinburgh Concurrent Supercomputer Project (ECSP) was formed...

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Robotron K 1840
Senin, 2026-05-18 10:34:07

emitter-coupled logic (ECL) gate arrays. Robotron developed a copy of the MicroVAX II called the K 1820, which reaches approximately 90% of the performance...

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List of microprocessors
Kamis, 2026-08-13 01:24:46

and mN602 microECLIPSE VEGA Microprocessors DEC T-11 DEC J-11 DEC V-11 MicroVAX 78032 CVAX Rigel Mariah NVAX Alpha 21064 Alpha 21164 Alpha 21264 Alpha...

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NCR 5380
Rabu, 2026-06-10 22:27:35

various Q-Bus modules and as an integrated SCSI controller in numerous MicroVAX, VAXstation and VAXserver computers. Many UMAX SCSI optical scanners also...

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Gate array
Minggu, 2026-07-05 04:35:03

offered a chip design product called Quickchip available for VAX and MicroVAX II systems and as a complete $11,000 turnkey solution, providing a suite...

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DTK Computer
Selasa, 2025-09-23 11:43:04

checker, an ASIX II VLSI checker, a Daisy Logician circuit simulator, a MicroVAX II, and several EGA workstations. Up to four employees shared each workstation...

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Silicon compiler
Sabtu, 2026-06-27 06:28:33

after, in 1983–84, the SCI team designed the data-path chip for the DEC MicroVAX in seven months. The chip contained 37,000 transistors, a level of complexity...

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Professional Graphics Controller
Minggu, 2026-04-26 14:46:44

configuration in the same "E" shell. Matrox PG-640, PG-1280, QG-640 (for the DEC MicroVAX), VG-640 (VME) Dell NEC MVA-1024 card Everex EPGA Orchid Technology TurboPGA...

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History of computer hardware in Eastern Bloc countries
Jumat, 2025-08-29 19:59:32

micrograph of a Digital Equipment Corporation CVAX microprocessor used in the MicroVAX and VAX 6200 systems. It contains "VAX — when you care enough to steal...

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VAXserver
Selasa, 2024-04-16 07:05:46

and firmware. VAXserver models include: VAXserver 3000 – (Based on the MicroVAX) VAXserver 3100 VAXserver 3300 VAXserver 3400 VAXserver 3500 VAXserver...

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ADAC Laboratories
Kamis, 2026-07-30 02:28:50

hardware with RT11 O.S. 1988 Viewpoint Remote viewing station MicroVAX system? 1988 Centor - MicroVax system 1989 PegasysX Nuclear Medicine Processing Workstation...

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NOAAS Researcher
Selasa, 2026-03-03 00:04:44

of two MicroVAX computer systems that were networked to provide for both data acquisition and data processing functions. One of the MicroVAX systems...

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VMScluster
Kamis, 2025-09-25 12:40:41

Stratus Computers), and was a major selling point for VAX systems. DEC's MicroVAX minicomputer was incapable of VAXclustering at first. In 1986, DEC added...

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Model 20
Selasa, 2024-04-09 11:26:30

20, a luggable transportable computer; see Compaq Portable series DEC MicroVAX 3100 Model 20, a backoffice minicomputer; see List of VAX computers IBM...

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IBM RT PC
Minggu, 2026-07-26 12:59:37

established providers: the Apollo Computer Domain Series 3000, the DEC MicroVAX II, and Sun Microsystems Sun-3. Rivals, Computerworld said, "breath[ed]...

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K1839
Kamis, 2025-02-06 17:41:30

view, it was a complete replica of the VAX 11/750 Comet and unlike the MicroVAX microprocessors produced by DEC, it included floating-point arithmetic...

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Eurotra
Rabu, 2025-06-04 05:27:13

language pairs were implemented. The first "live" translation occupied a 4Mb Microvax running Ultrix and C-Prolog for a complete weekend some time in early 1987...

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Kombinat Mikroelektronik Erfurt
Sabtu, 2026-05-30 00:45:25

80286, pilot production only U80701 — 32-bit microprocessor, clone of the MicroVAX 78032, pilot production only U320C20 — 16-bit digital signal processor...

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Radio teleswitch
Sabtu, 2026-07-04 06:57:34

hardware with brand new, modern, fully supported equipment. The old DEC MicroVAX machines were replaced with HP Integrity 2660s. The operating system has...

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AMD LANCE Am7990
Rabu, 2026-06-10 19:46:36

the Zorro-II bus interface and is equipped with the NMOS Am7990 chip. MicroVAX Q-Bus Ethernet controllers (like the DELQA). DECstation 2100/3100 MIPS...

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Digistar
Senin, 2026-05-25 05:12:02

related to the E&S Picture System 2. Later versions of Digistar 1 used a DEC MicroVAX 2, driving a custom version of a PS/300. The original Digistar and Digistar...

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Internet in Poland
Jumat, 2026-05-01 03:24:39

e-mail sent to Poland, sent by CERN on 20 November 1990, and received on a MicroVax II computer. Top-level domain: .pl Internet users: 36.68 million users;...

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DEC V-11
Senin, 2025-10-20 01:46:52

after the MicroVAX 78032. It was presented at the 39th International Solid State Circuits Conference held in 1984 alongside the MicroVAX 78032 and was...

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Alan Kitching
Kamis, 2026-08-13 04:13:12

"Sharing for Survival", the film completed early 1984. In 1985, the DEC "MicroVax II" became the first mini-computer powerful enough to run Antics, yet also...

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Energy management system (electrical grid)
Rabu, 2026-05-06 06:16:21

servers occupy much the same space as that previously occupied by a single MicroVAX server. Energy storage as a service (ESaaS) Load management for balancing...

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ND-500
Selasa, 2026-05-05 00:11:13

control systems. By 1989, CERN's experiments were using over 100 VAX and MicroVAX computers, and of the 20 or more Norsk Data computers in use, six were...

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CVAX
Senin, 2025-10-20 01:47:22

and CVAX Q-Bus Interface Chip (CQBIC). The CVAX 78034, also known as the MicroVAX 78034, is a second-generation single-chip VAX microprocessor. Systems featuring...

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Gander Automated Air Traffic System
Rabu, 2026-03-25 16:25:51

performance, and the PDP-11 computers were replaced with Digital Equipment MicroVAX systems. The software was ported to the VMS operating system and VAX Pascal...

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Rigel (microprocessor)
Senin, 2025-10-20 01:47:44

the cache controller chip. Mariah was used in the VAX 6000 Model 500, MicroVAX 3100 Model 80 and VAXstation 4000 Model 60. "Rigel" at The Computer History...

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Carver Mead
Selasa, 2026-05-05 05:53:46

SCI designed one of the key chips for Digital Equipment Corporation's MicroVAX minicomputer. Mead and Conway laid the groundwork for the development of...

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NOAAS Whiting
Rabu, 2026-03-18 06:40:47

upgrade involving the installation of Hydrochart II, which employed a Microvax computer system to acquire and process hydrographic data. Hydrochart II...

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