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[[Image:1104CPU_M7263.jpg|250px|right|thumb|A KD11-D card.]]
 
[[Image:1104CPU_M7263.jpg|250px|right|thumb|A KD11-D card.]]
  
The '''KD11-D''' [[PDP-11]] [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]] of the [[PDP-11/04]] was a [[microcode|micro-programmed]] processor contained on single [[DEC card form factor|hex]] [[printed circuit board|card]] (the M7263), the first PDP-11 CPU to be built on a single card.
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The '''KD11-D''' [[PDP-11]] [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]] of the [[PDP-11/04]] was a [[microcode|micro-programmed]] processor (making heavy use of [[Read-only memory#PROM|PROMs]]). It was contained on single [[DEC card form factor|hex]] [[printed circuit board|card]] (the M7263), the first PDP-11 CPU to be built on a single card.
  
 
Like other early, low-cost PDP-11s, it did not support either [[memory management]] of any kind, or hardware [[floating point]], [[PDP-11 Extended Instruction Set|EIS]] [[instruction]]s, or the various instructions added to the PDP-11 [[instruction set]] (XOR, SOB, SXT and MARK).
 
Like other early, low-cost PDP-11s, it did not support either [[memory management]] of any kind, or hardware [[floating point]], [[PDP-11 Extended Instruction Set|EIS]] [[instruction]]s, or the various instructions added to the PDP-11 [[instruction set]] (XOR, SOB, SXT and MARK).
  
There is a lack of clarity over the RTT instruction; some manuals say it is not implemeneted, but the ''PDP-11 Architecture Handbook'' says "available in 11/04 but is different from other implementations".
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There is a lack of clarity over the RTT instruction; the ''pdp11 04/05/10/35/40/45 processor handbook'' says it is not implemented, but the ''PDP-11 Architecture Handbook'' says "available in 11/04 but is different from other implementations"; the ''KD11-D Processor Manual'' (EK-KD11D-TM-PRE) says the "first instruction after RTT is guaranteed to be executed" - the same as the [[KD11-A CPU]].
  
It was plugged into a modified [[Modified UNIBUS Device|MUD]] [[backplane]], either the the [[DD11-C backplane|DD11-C]] or [[DD11-D backplane]]s, or the special [[DD11-P backplane]] of the [[PDP-11/34]].
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It plugs into a modified [[Modified UNIBUS Device|MUD]] [[backplane]], either the the [[DD11-C backplane|DD11-C]] or [[DD11-D backplane]]s, or the special [[DD11-P backplane]] of the [[PDP-11/34]].
  
It supported the [[KY11-LA Operator's Console]] and the [[KY11-LB Programmer's Console]], including the maintainence functionality to allow the CPU's microcode to be [[single-step]]ped.
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It supported the [[KY11-LA Operator's Console]] and the [[KY11-LB Programmer's Console]], including the latter's maintenance functionality which allowed the CPU's [[microcode]] to be [[single-step]]ped. The KD11-D uses the same [[KY11-L to CPU interface]] as the other machines that use them.
  
 
==KY11-LB Interface==
 
==KY11-LB Interface==
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The microcode diagnostic interface to the KY11-LB is carried over a 10-wire [[flat cable]] connected to the J2 [[Berg connector]] header on the KY11-LB's M7859 module (the other 10-pin header on that card is unused with the -11/04), and a set of vertical [[pin]]s in the upper left-hand corner (see image above) of the M7263. (The main functionality of the KY11-B is done over the UNIBUS, and a pair of backplane lines.)
 
The microcode diagnostic interface to the KY11-LB is carried over a 10-wire [[flat cable]] connected to the J2 [[Berg connector]] header on the KY11-LB's M7859 module (the other 10-pin header on that card is unused with the -11/04), and a set of vertical [[pin]]s in the upper left-hand corner (see image above) of the M7263. (The main functionality of the KY11-B is done over the UNIBUS, and a pair of backplane lines.)
  
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==External links==
  
[[Category:PDP-11 Processors]]
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* [http://www.bitsavers.org/www.computer.museum.uq.edu.au/pdf/EK-KD11D-TM-PRE%20KD11-D%20Processor%20Manual%20(PDP-11-04).pdf KD11-D Processor Manual (PDP-11/04)] (EK-KD11D-TM-PRE)
[[Category:UNIBUS Processors]]
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* [http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/pdp11/1104/MP00019_1104_EngrDrws_Feb78.pdf PDP-11/04 engineering drawings] - Contains KD11-D Field Maintenance Print Set (MP00020) on pp. 167-276 of the PDF(includes complete PROM dumps)
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[[Category: PDP-11 UNIBUS Processors]]

Latest revision as of 21:37, 31 March 2022

A KD11-D card.

The KD11-D PDP-11 CPU of the PDP-11/04 was a micro-programmed processor (making heavy use of PROMs). It was contained on single hex card (the M7263), the first PDP-11 CPU to be built on a single card.

Like other early, low-cost PDP-11s, it did not support either memory management of any kind, or hardware floating point, EIS instructions, or the various instructions added to the PDP-11 instruction set (XOR, SOB, SXT and MARK).

There is a lack of clarity over the RTT instruction; the pdp11 04/05/10/35/40/45 processor handbook says it is not implemented, but the PDP-11 Architecture Handbook says "available in 11/04 but is different from other implementations"; the KD11-D Processor Manual (EK-KD11D-TM-PRE) says the "first instruction after RTT is guaranteed to be executed" - the same as the KD11-A CPU.

It plugs into a modified MUD backplane, either the the DD11-C or DD11-D backplanes, or the special DD11-P backplane of the PDP-11/34.

It supported the KY11-LA Operator's Console and the KY11-LB Programmer's Console, including the latter's maintenance functionality which allowed the CPU's microcode to be single-stepped. The KD11-D uses the same KY11-L to CPU interface as the other machines that use them.

KY11-LB Interface

The microcode diagnostic interface to the KY11-LB is carried over a 10-wire flat cable connected to the J2 Berg connector header on the KY11-LB's M7859 module (the other 10-pin header on that card is unused with the -11/04), and a set of vertical pins in the upper left-hand corner (see image above) of the M7263. (The main functionality of the KY11-B is done over the UNIBUS, and a pair of backplane lines.)

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