>> 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
>
Thanks a lot for this valuable information, Paul!
