FPGA VAX update

woodelf bfranchuk at jetnet.ab.ca
Sun Oct 23 16:20:19 CDT 2005


William Donzelli wrote:

>>I think fab a real chip would be a better idea -- but then how many 
>>people want a vax?
>>Ok, I don't . Looking at a different post the vax has large microcode, 
>>so a FPGA that
>>can have internal ram be configured as micro-code tables would be handy. 
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>Did all VAX machines have microcode?
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I suspect all  the DEC equipment had microcode when the  programable 
roms became cost effective.
The later PDP 8's could have even had state table roms.

>William Donzelli
>aw288 at osfn.org
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