CADR (was [rescue] Crays, etc._

Tue Apr 27 13:11:46 CDT 2004

On Tue, Apr 27, 2004 at 06:57:47PM +0100, Mike Meredith wrote:
> On Tue, 27 Apr 2004 13:43:24 -0400, Patrick Giagnocavo +1.717.201.3366
> wrote:
> > No, to figure out the microcode you just need a copy of the sources to
> > the Lisp compiler for that machine.  The Lisp compiler generated the
> > microcodes directly, then ran them, IIRC.
> 
> Really? I thought it was loaded up by the FEP (having watched the
> process during an embarassing incident involving a crashed 3620 which
> was the fileserver for what was supposedly the largest non-military
> Symbolics site in the UK).

Well, I am not sure.  See my other post.  

--P