<s>
VAXmate	B-Device
was	O
an	O
IBM	O
PC/AT	O
compatible	O
personal	B-Device
computer	I-Device
introduced	O
by	O
Digital	O
Equipment	O
Corporation	O
in	O
September	O
,	O
1986	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
replacement	O
to	O
the	O
Rainbow	B-Device
100	I-Device
,	O
in	O
its	O
standard	O
form	O
it	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
commercial	O
diskless	O
personal	B-Device
computer	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
operating	O
system	O
and	O
files	O
could	O
be	O
served	O
from	O
a	O
VAX/VMS	B-Operating_System
server	O
running	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
VAX/VMS	B-Application
Services	I-Application
for	I-Application
MS-DOS	I-Application
software	I-Application
,	O
which	O
went	O
through	O
several	O
name	O
changes	O
,	O
finally	O
becoming	O
Pathworks	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
basic	O
system	O
contained	O
an	O
8MHz	O
Intel	B-General_Concept
80286	I-General_Concept
CPU	O
with	O
1	O
Mbyte	O
of	O
RAM	O
,	O
a	O
1.2MB	O
RX33	O
5¼-inch	O
floppy	B-Device
disk	I-Device
drive	I-Device
,	O
a	O
14-inch	O
(	O
diagonal	O
)	O
amber	O
or	O
green	O
monochrome	O
CRT	B-Device
and	O
a	O
thinwire	O
Ethernet	O
interface	O
all	O
contained	O
in	O
the	O
system	O
unit	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
superseded	O
by	O
the	O
DECstation	B-Device
200	O
and	O
300	O
in	O
January	O
1989	O
.	O
</s>
