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  • ...laced these custom designed computers with [[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]] [[LSI-11]] minicomputers with custom [[peripheral]]s. Their headquarters
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  • ...the [[UNIBUS]] general system [[bus]] from [[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]]. It was widely used in later [[PDP-11]]s and smaller [[VAX]]en. QBUS [[backplane]]s come mainly in two physical types, [[DEC card form factor|dual]] and quad. The QBUS itself is fully carried in a dua
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  • ...gies used with [[PDP-11]]s manufactured by [[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]]; it was first seen in the [[PDP-11/20]], in 1970. Later, early [[VAX]] sy ...BUS cable]] instantiation, the UNIBUS was composed of 72 wires (2 standard DEC board edge connectors, with 36 lines per connector); when not counting the
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  • '''Digital Equipment Corporation''', or '''DEC''', was a large computer company (at one time, the second-largest in the wo * [[Taxonomy of DEC consoles]]
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  • First, there is an image of a [[DEC indicator panel]] (image [http://ana-3.lcs.mit.edu/~jnc/tech/pdp11/jpg/pane ...s produced in very small numbers - perhaps as prototypes, only internal to DEC. (If there had been problems discovered with glitches in the major state co
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  • ...ounced on October 25<sup>th</sup>, 1977 at [[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]]'s Annual Meeting of Shareholders.[[#ref_4|[4]]] The VAX-11/780 was given ...two DEC VAX-11/780's and made the first multi-CPU Unix computer, preceding DEC's dual processor [[VAX-11/782]]. The operating system was based on the 4.2
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  • * [http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/vax/handbook/VAX_Hardware_Handbook_Volume_1_1986.pdf VAX Hardware Handbook [[Category: DEC VAX systems]]
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  • ...0 CPU]]. It supported several pre-existing [[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]] [[input/output|I/O]] [[bus]]es ([[UNIBUS]] and [[MASSBUS]]), so there are ...AX-11/750 comes in an [[H9645]] cabinet and has one large [[backplane]] ([[DEC part number]] 50-13821/70-16486/54-13822), into which plug:
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  • ...ge architecture, the [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]] was shrunk to three [[DEC card form factor|hex]] boards. The machine seems to have been most popular ...ed in a [[BA11-Z mounting Box]], which holds a custom 12-slot backplane ([[DEC part number]] 70-18080-0-1 for the complete assembly).<!--, 54-13593/50-13
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  • ...word]] [[mainframe]]-like systems built by [[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]]. They were basically a re-implementation of the earlier [[PDP-6]] [[instr DEC sold 4 different generations of PDP-10 processors: the [[KA10]], the [[KI10
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  • ...or busbars. Almost always, there was one bus for memory, and another for peripherals, and these were accessed by separate instructions, with completely differen ...m to check again, resulting in lost data. Engineers thus arranged for the peripherals to interrupt the CPU. The interrupts had to be prioritized, because the CP
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  • ...to build computers, and [[peripheral]]s for them. They were a successor to DEC's earlier [[System Module]]s. They were introduced as a replacement largely ...(the so-called 'solder' side); the contact pads were 'numbered' from the [[DEC Alphabet]]. A FLIP CHIP plugged directly into a 144-pin connector block [[b
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  • | architecture = Originally [[MIPS]], then [[i386]], [[DEC Alpha]], [[PowerPC]], [[Itanium]], [[x64]] ...oft Office 4.2 as the only known RISC port of Office was Office 97 for the Dec Alpha.
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  • The following computers and peripherals have passed Microsoft[R] peripherals that are not yet supported by the Windows NT operating
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  • The following computers and peripherals have been tested and have passed computers may be sold with peripherals that are not yet supported by
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  • ...[[PDP-11 architecture]], used in both the [[KDJ11 CPUs]], and a variety of peripherals. It was implemented in two [[integrated circuit|chips]] ('Control' and 'Dat Most uses on DEC PDP-11 [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]] boards (all for the [[QBUS]]) contai
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  • Physically, the KW11-P is an [[DEC card form factor|dual]]-height board ('''M4002'''). * [http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/qbus/EK-192AA-MG-001_Microsystems_Options_Oct88.pdf Microsystems Options] (
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  • ...versions '''M7820''' and '''M7821''') is a [[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]] [[FLIP CHIP]] which implements the '[[interrupt]] control' function for t ...re was an un-lettered initial version, but that does not seem to have been DEC practise at the time), although examples of the C and D are not extant (it
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  • | manufacturer = [[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]] (vendor)<br>[[Control Data Corporation|CDC]] (contractor) ...nine-track, streaming, [[ANSI]]-standard [[magnetic tape drive]] sold by [[DEC]] for the [[PDP-11]] and [[VAX]] computers. Its recording density of 1600 b
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  • ...Original Equipment Manufacturer|OEM]]'d by [[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]] from several vendors; all were controlled by the [[CR11 Controller]]. The [[Category: DEC Peripherals]]
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  • The basic distribution tape can be used only on a DEC ** DEC, VAX, UNIBUS and MASSBUS are trademarks of Digi-
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  • *[[DEC]] [[MicroVAX 3800/3900|MicroVAX 3800]] ; Host System : DEC MicroVAX 3800
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  • Berkeley), based on experience with both systems on a DEC 10.3 DEC.......................................... 36
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  • ...P-10]] processors. It was built out of [[Emitter-coupled logic|ECL]], on [[DEC card form factor|hex]] cards. It was the first [[microcode|micro-programmed 'Model B' for -PV; the two are described in a DEC document as:
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  • ...ch plug into an [[Small Peripheral Controller|SPC]] slot. The first is a [[DEC card form factor|dual]] card, the M781, which is used with an [[M105 Addres * [http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/unibus/PC11_Reader-Punch_Manual.pdf PC11 high-speed reader/punch and contro
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  • ...us]] devised by [[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]], and used to connect DEC systems to high-speed [[disk]] [[drive]]s and [[magnetic tape|tape]] contro ...DP-10]] and [[PDP-11]]; later also the [[VAX]]en) to share a common set of peripherals.
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  • The '''LINC-8''' was a computer produced by [[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]] for use in laboratory settings; it included both a [[PDP-8]] (the origina ...ed of discrete [[transistor]] [[FLIP CHIP]]s, mostly R- and S-series, in [[DEC card form factor|standard-length single-height]] (width) format, with a few
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  • The '''PDP-12''' was a computer produced by [[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]] for use in laboratory settings. It was a descendant of (and replacement f * [http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/pdp12/ pdp12] - PDP-12 at Bitsavers
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  • '''UniBone''' and '''QBone''' are [[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]]-compatible [[FLIP CHIP]] cards which can be [[simulator]]s for a variety ...essing Unit|CPUs]], [[main memory]], several [[disk]] subsystems and other peripherals in real time.
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  • * [http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/vax/35x0/ 35x0] - documentation at [[Bitsavers]] ** [http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/vax/35x0/VAXstation3520and3540.html VAXstation 3520 and 3540]
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  • ...f the earlier [[PDP-6]] architecture) from [[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]]. It was intended as a small, low-cost entry model, not as a replacement f ...in cabinet. These included a second RH11-C in DEC-supported systems, since DEC required a tape drive for loading [[diagnostic]]s; the usual choice was a [
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  • The '''PDP-15''' was [[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]]'s last 18-bit computer, and the only one implemented using [[integrated c ...te [[PDP-11]] (usually a [[PDP-11/05]]), through which other PDP-11-native peripherals could be supported, including [[Direct Memory Access|DMA]] directly into th
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  • ...igital Equipment Corporation|DEC]]'s fourth 18-bit computer, and the first DEC [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]] to use [[microcode]]. A little over 400 wer ...of [[main memory]], and the PDP-9/L was a cost-reduced system with cheaper peripherals and 4KW of memory.
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  • == Peripherals == ...'''Foonly C1''' was a disk [[channel]] for [[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]] computers, compatible with [[International Business Machines|IBM]] drives
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  • ...s included a [[paper tape]] reader and punch, and a [[terminal]]. Optional peripherals included [[graphics]] [[display]]s, a [[light pen]], [[line printer]], [[pu They were built out of DEC's [[System Module|System Building Blocks]]
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  • ...t 12-bit computer, the predecessor to the [[PDP-8]]; in some sense, it was DEC's first [[minicomputer]] (although the -5 pre-dated the creation of that te ...adial links from the CPU to individual [[peripheral]]s used in all earlier DEC machines, such as the 18-bit machines like the [[PDP-1]].
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  • ...what larger than what its main competitor, [[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]], was using at the time, giving it a manufacturing cost advantage.
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  • Physically, the original KW11-L is an [[DEC card form factor|extended-length]] single-height board ('''M787'''), which * [http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/pdp11/1140/EK-KW11L_TM-002_KW11-L_Line_Time_Clock_Manual_Jul74.pdf KW11-L l
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  • ...'PC05 Paper-Tape Reader/Punches''' are the [[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]]-supplied [[paper tape]] [[peripheral]]s for the [[PDP-8 family|PDP-8]] an ...Model 500, modified by DEC), and a photo-electric reader (manufactured by DEC), which are completely separate, but housed in the same frame, and share a
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  • The '''OMNIBUS''' was [[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]]'s [[peripheral]] [[bus]] for the later [[PDP-8 family|PDP-8]]'s; it was i *[[:Category: OMNIBUS Peripherals‎|OMNIBUS Peripherals]]
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  • The '''M105 Address Selector''' is a [[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]] [[FLIP CHIP]] which implements the '[[address]] selection' function (i.e. ....bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/pdp11/handbooks/PDP11_PeripheralsHbk_1972.pdf pdp11 peripherals and interfacing handbook (1972 edition)] - the M105 is covered on pp. 213-2
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  • The original version was the M829, a [[DEC card form factor|dual]] format card, which was mounted in an [[Small Periph ...f/dec/unibus/DEC-11-HCRA-D_CR11_Oct71.pdf CR11 card reader system manual] (DEC-11-HCRA-D)
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  • ...unit]] [[backplane]], holding a number of smaller [[FLIP CHIP]]s; mostly [[DEC card form factor|singles]] (see table below), with one dual (M7213). ...he [[wire-wrap]] pin side, as is common in [[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]] documentation) are:
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  • ...an ''error'' [[signal]] is transferred over the [[bus]]. From the ''pdp11 peripherals handbook'', 1975 edition (pg. 5-8): "PA and PB are generated by a slave ... ...e version of the UNIBUS for use on some of [[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]]'s 18- and 36-bit machines, to allow use of existing [[secondary storage]]
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  • ...'KM11-A Maintenance Cards''' in some later [[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]] manuals) is a device used to perform maintenance activities on early [[PD As produced by DEC, a KM11 consists of a W131 Maintenance Indicator Module plugged into a W130
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  • Each RH20 consists of a set of three [[DEC card form factor|hex]] [[printed circuit board|board]]s (M8555, M8556, * [http://bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/pdp10/KL10/EK-RH20-UD-001_RH20_Unit_Description_Aug76.pdf RH20 Unit Descrip
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  • ...multiple cards; a [[flat cable]] connected this to separate rack-mounted [[DEC card form factor|dual-height]] [[DM11 distribution panel]] backplane (which The DM11-AA boards (all [[DEC card form factor|quad]], except for the Control C, which is a dual) which p
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  • ...s; [[flat cable]]s connected this to a separate 5-1/4" high rack-mounted [[DEC card form factor|dual-height]] [[distribution panel]]. ...e modem control signals, which ran from the M7247 card (two per card) to [[DEC card form factor|single-width]] M971 cards which plugged into the backplane
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  • ...n memory]], used on a number of [[List of Programmed Data Processors|early DEC computers]]. [[Category: DEC Buses]]
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  • ...collection of [[diagnostic]]s produced by [[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]] for the [[PDP-11]], and, more usually, the minimalist system later provid * [http://www.dmv.net/dec/pdf/xxdpum.pdf XXDP User's Manual] (AA-FK83A-TC)
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