cctalk Digest, Vol 54, Issue 62

[Mike Loewen]

On Thu, 28 Feb 2008, Geoffrey Bunza wrote:

> On the note of the CDC 6600 machines, et al., There was a peripheral 
> processor which was used to boot the mainframe, and it had many rows of 
> toggle switches, in groups of 18 or 36 if I remember right, which either 
> contained the boot code or controlled the boot. The peripheral processor 
> was a computer in its own right by any standards.

    Here's a picture of the Dead Start Program panel:

http://sturgeon.css.psu.edu/~mloewen/CDC6600-7.jpg


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