5 May
2016
5 May
'16
12:50 p.m.
On 2016-05-05 2:55 PM, Gottfried Specht wrote:
Thanks, Erik.
How do I remember this ca. 40 years later?
Well, while servicing these systems they would frequently stop with a "Memory
Protect Error" (various Operating Systems).
Guess what the intuitive action was: Replace the "Memory Protect Board" - which
n e v e r fixed the problem.
So digging into the technology it became clear, that the Memory Protect Board in these
cases had only fulfilled its duty: protect the memory below the fence register from some
other piece of hardware (usually a processor or DMA-board) running havoc in memory. That
learning stuck ...
Well, at least the directive wasn't "remove the Memory Protect board"? :-)
--Toby
Kind regards,
Gottfried
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Von: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] Im Auftrag von Erik Baigar
Gesendet: Donnerstag, 5. Mai 2016 10:36
An: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Betreff: Re: AW: When did Memory- and IO Protection Emerge (Esp. in Minis)?
On Wed, 4 May 2016, Gottfried Specht wrote:
I'm not sure whether it qualifies for your
full list, but the HP2100A
(that came out in 1971) had a "Memory Protect" hardware that
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