> CLASSICCMP_at_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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Received on Thu Oct 21 1999 - 06:54:29 BST