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1.1     ! root        1: .TH LDPCS 8 VAX-11/750
        !             2: .CT 1 sa_auto
        !             3: .SH NAME
        !             4: ldpcs \- load comet microcode
        !             5: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             6: .B /etc/ldpcs
        !             7: [
        !             8: .B -f
        !             9: ]
        !            10: [
        !            11: .B -v
        !            12: ]
        !            13: .I pcsfile
        !            14: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            15: .I Ldpcs
        !            16: loads microcode
        !            17: from
        !            18: .I pcsfile
        !            19: into the VAX-11/750 patchable control store.
        !            20: Normally,
        !            21: the hardware ID register is checked
        !            22: to see that the system is an 11/750
        !            23: and that its base microcode revision level
        !            24: is appropriately high;
        !            25: the
        !            26: .B -f
        !            27: option
        !            28: removes the checks.
        !            29: The
        !            30: .B -v
        !            31: option causes the microcode version number
        !            32: to be printed after loading.
        !            33: .PP
        !            34: .I Ldpcs
        !            35: is usually called from
        !            36: .IR rc (8)
        !            37: to load the most recent
        !            38: .SM DEC
        !            39: microcode patches from
        !            40: .FR /etc/pcs750.bin .
        !            41: .PP
        !            42: The patch file consists of
        !            43: 1024 bytes of patch bits,
        !            44: followed by 10240 bytes of actual patches.
        !            45: Each patch bit represents a 20-bit microcode word;
        !            46: the patches themselves are 20-bit words
        !            47: packed together.
        !            48: The format is the same as that distributed by DEC.
        !            49: .SH FILES
        !            50: .F /dev/mem
        !            51: .br
        !            52: .F /dev/mtpr
        !            53: .SH BUGS
        !            54: Calling
        !            55: .I ldpcs
        !            56: is a good idea,
        !            57: but it is not mandatory;
        !            58: the system will run without the patches.

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