19 Mar
2004
19 Mar
'04
8:47 p.m.
Much more interesting was the list of VAX bugs (i.e.
the list of
which chips had waivers for which particularly obscure issues). But
even these would not help you understand the architecture any better.
No, but they would help you write code to run on them!
I think I've said before, what you really want is
not STD 032 but
AXE, the tool that runs on your new VAX and checks for correct
operation of instructions.
If such a thing can be pried loose, I'd love a copy. I intend to build
a VAX emulator at some point and I'd feel more confident if I had
exhaustive exerciser tests for it. (I have a rudimentary version
working now, but I have to just trust that I haven't made some subtle
mistake somewhere....)
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