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There were desktop VAX systems. The MicroVAX II, for example:

The VAX ISA was implemented in a wide range of technologies, from TTL (the 1970s VAXen) up through true microprocessors:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MicroVAX_78032

VAX 11/780's were large machines. By the mid 80's you could get a MicroVAX which weren't quite as powerful, but much smaller. In the late 80's, I knew a guy who had one at home.

Several wardrobes :-)