< Yes, but DEC had a strange definition of 'microprocessor'. They sometime
< used the term to mean 'microcoded processor' - as in the microprocessor
< board for the DMC11, etc which certainly wasn't a single-chip processor
< (it was a hex-height card of TTL).
Microprocessor... the RX01 disk controller (drive end) is a board of ttl
and proms. It is a micro, meaning small, processor, it performs a set
procedure of actions "process" upon data or system (disks and the data for
them).
The RX01 contains a microprogrammed microcontroller as its microprocessor.
I'd think that was clear enough. ;)
Allison
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