[net.general] Wanted: VAX Microcode Tools for 4.1 BSD

perry (11/04/82)

We here at SUNY Stony Brook are considering purchasing the VAX 11/750
KU750-YG and VAX 11/780 KU780-YY user writable control store options.
Undoubtably, the DEC microcode  assembler  will  run  under  VMS  and 
nothing else. Does anyone in net land know of the where-abouts of any
software running under 4.x BSD which will be of help?

We are  primarily  interested  in  casting  the  VAX  as  a  graphics
workhorse,  a  role  often filled but rarely without special hardware
assistance. We  are  planning  a frame buffer system to reside in the 
VAX address  space  and  would  write special microcode (yes, yes, we
know  the  surgeon  general  has  found microcoding hazardous to your
health!) to speed things along.

Anyone having any comment or knowing anything at all which  might  be
of assistance please call or write:

	Perry Kivolowitz		allegra!sbcs!perry
	Dept Of Computer Sci			or
	Laboratory Office Bldg		peri!sbcs!perry
	SUNY @ Stony Brook
	Stony Brook N.Y.
	11794				(516) 246 - 7146

Thanks  in  advance, of  course if anything neat turns up I will post
to the net - (which news group should this go to?).