29 Oct
2018
29 Oct
'18
5:56 a.m.
On 10/28/18 11:02 PM, Patrick Finnegan via cctalk wrote:
On Sun, Oct 28, 2018 at 10:34 PM Charles Dickman via
cctalk
<cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
I think Terry Kennedy wrote one for RSTS as well.
My guess is it could have been used to download code to
boot pretty much any network aware OS.? Think of it as
the Bootblock on a disk.? A first stage loader that loaded
a second stage loader that could then load pretty much
anything.
bill
The boot ROMs for uPDP-11 contain loaders for XH
(ethernet) was there any
kind of standard for the server?
I'd guess that it was mostly for DECserver
500/550s to boot off of a
VAX/VMS host.
So... yes, a MOP server running on a VAX.