Lots of machines have had console processors that were required for the machine to run. The PDP-10 had a PDP-11 console processor. The Amdahl 470 had a DG Nova for a console processor, etc. etc.
On 8/6/2015 8:16 AM, geneb wrote: > On Thu, 6 Aug 2015, Marc Verdiell wrote: > >> Wow. I'll never complain again that it takes too long to boot Windows... >> > One thing I don't understand - why can't the machine boot on its own? > Why would IBM design a computer that required another computer just to > boot it? > > g.
