> I don't know if the front console on the early UNIBUS machines works without > any memory on the UNIBUS - I'm too lazy to check. I have this vague memory > that > they do, though.
The front console on the '45 indeed does run just fine with no UNIBUS (or FASTBUS) memory in the machine. Its is entirely implemented/mediated by CPU microcode and CPU internal state registers. --FritzM.
