This actually isn't too far from the truth. The VAX 8800 series of minicomputers used a cut-down PDP-11 to boot it, and to act as a console. https://en.wikipe

This actually isn't too far from the truth. The VAX 8800 series of minicomputers used a cut-down PDP-11 to boot it, and to act as a console. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VAX_8000#VAX_Console https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VAX_8000#VAX_Console