> On Oct 10, 2017, at 3:51 PM, allison via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
>
> Memory says: it was MICROVAX/RT and the cpu had a reduced instruction set and
> was used with
> ELN/PASCAL. IT was a reduced capability machine.
Microvaxen in general have reduced instruction sets, as specifically sanctioned
by later versions of the VAX architecture manual. ELAN was designed for small
machines and real-time applications, sort of like RSX-11/S. It was used in the
LPS40 laser printer, for example. Some people felt that ELAN wasn't a good
enough small real time system and pushed the notion of "RT-32"; I don't think
that ever went much further than buttons handed out at DECUS.
paul
