DF10 Data Channel

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The DF10 Data Channel is a channel for the early PDP-10 models (KA10 and KI10) which had the PDP-10 main memory bus as a standard bus. It can connect to multi-port memory banks either directly, or via an MX10 Memory Data Multiplexor.

It has limited capabilities, compared to channel from other manufacturers: it support only the following types of channel control words:

  • End of program
  • Jump to new CCW list
  • Discard data
  • Transfer data to/from memory

It is used with device controllers such as the RP10 disk controller‎ and the TM10 Magnetic Tape Control.