1 Jun
2018
1 Jun
'18
10:08 a.m.
Eric Smith <spacewar at gmail.com> wrote:
The control stores of the 11/785, 8600, and 8650 were
entirely WCS.
All other VAXen had (relatively) large ROM control store and tiny WCS or
patch store.
You forgot the 11/730 and 725. The KA730 used 2901 bit slicers and the control store
was entirely in RAM. After power on it was a paperweight until the 8085 CFE loaded the
microcode.
Bob