[net.unix-wizards] VAX peripherals...

dan@rna.UUCP (01/12/84)

	Actually I remember the HSC50 to contain some J-11's (aka 11/73) and
some T-11's (aka 11/21).

gwyn%brl-vld@BRL-VLD.ARPA (01/14/84)

From:      Doug Gwyn (VLD/VMB) <gwyn%brl-vld@BRL-VLD.ARPA>

Although there are micro-11s in the HSC50, they are not in the data paths.

ron%brl-vgr@sri-unix.UUCP (01/15/84)

From:      Ron Natalie <ron@brl-vgr>

Doug is right.  While there are real pdp-11's in the thing for
control purposes, anything that requires speed is done by a microprogrammed
bit slice that runs a customed instruction set.  The instructions aren't
those of any existing processor but bare a small resemblance to those
on the 11's (it's real handy, if that's what your used to).

-Ron