20 Oct
1999
20 Oct
'99
11:54 p.m.
CLASSICCMP(a)trailing-edge.com wrote:
An interesting aside: The larger MVs (10K, etc) load microcode from disk,
which means that the machine, when in its just-powered-on-electrical-vegitable
state, must be able to mount and traverse a file system. DG's
solution to the problem? When the MV initially powers on it sports an
instruction set straight out of the Nova 800, save for the weird
autoincrement/autodecrement locations and a few other oddball bits of
the nova ISA.
Chris
Interesting... Beats the expensive 11/780 method of having an 11/03
attached just to load the microcode and do diagnostics.
Bill
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