[Simh] VAX 750 and 730 (was Is it possible to simulate the first Vaxen I ever used?)

Matt Burke matt at 9track.net
Mon Mar 23 21:05:39 EDT 2020


On 23/03/2020 19:16, Bob Supnik wrote:
> One of the problems with simulating the non-VLSI VAXen, other than the
> 780, is that the microcode is not available. Back at DEC, I had the
> 730 microcode in a huge notebook (it was 16KW), but I discarded it
> when I moved out of Hudson and downsized my document collection. We
> really need the microcode for the 750, 730, 8600/8650, 8200 (V11), and
> 8800.
>
> The various microcodes may be available in the DEC fiche collection at
> CHM, but I haven't been able to get out there to do the research, and
> travel is out of the question right now.
>
The 11/750 microcode listing is available on Bitsavers (not under the
directory you might expect though):

http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/pdp11/xxdp/fiche_200dpi/0187_CMT098.MCX_750uCod.pdf

Matt


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