[Info-vax] MICRO2.EXE Assembler

radioengr at gmail.com radioengr at gmail.com
Sun Mar 29 17:07:11 EDT 2009


vaxorcist wrote:
> On 29 Mrz., 02:18, "radioe... at gmail.com" <radioe... at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I'm looking to re-create the microcode for a DEC PDP-10 (Minnow)
>> processor.  There doesn't appear to be a PDP-10 version of the
>> assembler left in existence.  However, It looks like the same
>> utility was used to compile the VAX 11/780 and /785 microcode.
>>
>> See:
>> <http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/vax/780/AA-H306B_780uprogToolsMar82.pdf>
>>
>> Assuming that's true, is there any way to get access to a
>> machine with MICRO2.EXE installed long enough to get this
>> microcode compiled?
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Bob Doyle
> 
> Have you got the executable file 'MICRO2.EXE' or the BLISS source code
> for it?
> If so you could run it on the simh VAX780 simulator as long as you
> need/want.
> In case you should need an older version of VMS (pre V5) for this
> purpose, contact me offline.
> Obtaining a suitable BLISS compiler might still be an issue.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Ulli

Thanks for your response -

Sadly I have neither the source code or the executable.

Bob Doyle



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