> > > > As far as I know, the VAX11/730 (There is one next to me waiting for me to > > have time > > to restore it) has the microcode entirely in RAM. Classic PERQs (3 in the > > next room) have > > The PDP-11 console loads the microcode from disk then mostly just sits there > looking pretty whilst the VAX runs.
The 11/780 has a PDP11 to load the microcode (I think) but the 11/730 makes do with an 8085. After booting I think that handles the console port still. -tony
