Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!julius.cs.uiuc.edu!julius.cs.uiuc.edu!rouellet From: rouellet@crhc.uiuc.edu (Roland G. Ouellette) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: machines with some loadable microcode are easier to fix Message-ID: Date: 4 Jan 91 19:54:35 GMT References: <71537@bu.edu.bu.edu> <1991Jan04.035359.12547@kithrup.COM> <71596@bu.edu.bu.edu> Sender: news@julius.cs.uiuc.edu (USENet News) Followup-To: comp.arch Organization: University of Illinois Center for Reliable & High Performance Computing Lines: 11 In-Reply-To: gjc@buitc.bu.edu's message of 4 Jan 91 17:41:24 GMT > Is it really not loadable? The microcode for the CVAX (used in 3xxx, 6200 and as a process shrink in the 6300), Rigel (6000-400) and Mariah (6000-500) (and perhaps the uVAX II) is all ROM. A load of work goes into making sure that it all works correctly. -- = Roland G. Ouellette ouellette@tarkin.enet.dec.com = = 1203 E. Florida Ave rouellet@[dwarfs.]crhc.uiuc.edu = = Urbana, IL 61801 "You rescued me; I didn't want to be saved." = = - Cyndi Lauper =