31 Dec
2005
31 Dec
'05
9:54 a.m.
Jan-Benedict Glaw wrote:
On Sat, 2005-12-31 09:10:35 -0700, e.stiebler <emu
at ecubics.com> wrote:
AMD: The Am2900 Family Data Book
AMD: Bipolar Microprocessor Logic and Interface
John Mick & James Brick : Bit-Slice Microprocessor Design (Black
Bit-Slice Bible)
Donnamaie E.White : Bit-Slice Design: Controller and ALUs (Red Bit-Slice
Bible)
Richard wrote:
Is there some really interesting documentation available for these
chips and maybe some microcode for some really simple task? This is really interesting! I had no idea that
DEC used them for some
of their processors -- personally I find that fascinating as I always
pictured DEC as a "NIH" shop.
The am2901 is just a chip. The smarts are in the microcode ;-) I'd like
to really understand how bit-slice CPUs do work to form something like
a VAX CPU.
If you have a VAX730, you have already everything you need ;-)