@chapter(Hardware)

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Your VAXstation II is capable of processing one million instructions
per second.
It has two Mbytes of memory,
a thirtyone Mbyte hard disk,
and a dual diskette drive.
It comes with a nineteen inch monochrome display,
a detachable keyboard, and a three-button mouse.

The MicroVAX II CPU . . .

is housed in the KA630-AA component,
together with one Mbyte local memory,
a boot/diagnostic ROM,
a floating point processor,
a console serial line unit,
an interval timer,
and a Q22-bus map.
)
The system's other Mbyte of memory is housed in
the MS630-AA memory expansion module.


The Bitmap Video Controller . . .

is housed in the VCB01-KP component.
It interfaces with the LK201 Keyboard,
and the VS10X-EA Mouse.

The RQDX2 Disk Controller uses the Mass Storage Control Protocol
to control the RD52 31 Mbyte hard disk unit,
and the RX50 818 kbyte dual diskette drive.