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  • The '''Extended Memory Interconnect''' (usually given as the acronym: '''XMI''') was a [[bus]] int ...cessor]]. The bus has special capabilities to support the shared access to memory required by such a system.
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  • ...i-user version that was an adaptation of the earlier RSX-11D for a smaller memory footprint, it was popular on all PDP-11s; [[Dave Cutler]] was the project l *RSX-11S -- a memory-resident version of RSX-11M used in embedded real-time applications.
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  • '''RSTS/E''' (an acronym for '''Resource Sharing Time Sharing Extended''') was a [[multi-user]] [[time-sharing|time-shared]] [[operating system]] ...duced in 1973, to take advantage of the memory mapping hardware and larger memory support introduced with the [[PDP-11/45]]. Starting with V5B, RSTS/E suppo
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  • ...nd the ability for devices to do [[Direct Memory Access|DMA]] transfers to memory, and to [[interrupt]] the CPU. ...he top 8 Kbytes of [[address space]] was reserved for the registers of the memory mapped I/O devices used in the [[PDP-11 architecture]]; this block is often
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  • | memory speed = [[MM11-E and MM1-F core memories|MM11-E]]: 500 nsec [[access | memory mgmt = none standard
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  • ...upported only the [[UNIBUS]], which normally limited it to 248KB of [[main memory]]. ...1KW of read-write microcode), an Extended Control Store (1.5KW [[Read-only memory|ROM]] microcode), or a Diagnostic Control Store.
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  • ...of [[main memory]], using the [[Extended UNIBUS]] between the [[CPU]] and memory; all devices were attached to a semi-separate (see below) UNIBUS. ...ess space]] was statically mapped across to the low 248 Kbytes of EUB main memory, using a cross-connection path on the [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]] board
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  • ...emory Bus and integrated [[MASSBUS]], relying instead on the UNIBUS, and [[Extended UNIBUS|EUB]]. Its [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]], the [[KD11-Z CPU|KD11-Z] ...[UNIBUS map]] which connected the two, and mapped UNIBUS addresses to main memory addresses.
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  • ...]] platform, after the [[PDP-11/45]] (albeit with a subset of the [[PDP-11 Memory Management]] [[architecture]]). The [[Original Equipment Manufacturer|OEM]] * [[KT11-D Memory Management]]
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  • ...-C Memory Management Unit]] (the first implementation of the full [[PDP-11 Memory Management]]). ..., using 350 nsec [[Metal Oxide Semiconductor|MOS]] or 300 nsec [[bipolar]] memory, respectively.
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  • ...through the [[MX15-B Memory Multiplexer]], directly to the PDP-15's [[main memory]]. ...hat it only supports [[Q16]] QBUS mode when writing data. The two extended memory bits in the CSR have no effect; they may be read and written, but are not c
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  • ...he basic [[address space]] was 16 bits, most models could hold more [[main memory]] than that, although only a limited subset was visible to the [[program]] ...early life, when small and expensive [[core memory]] was the standard main memory; and in its later life, when the 16-bit address space became a severe limit
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  • | memory speed = 1.2 μseconds | memory mgmt = [[bank switching|bank selection]], CPU mode
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  • * In this era of carefully counting clock cycles and limited memory, it was inefficient to write speed-dependent programs that ran on a runtime ...] and [[Apple IIc]] models' BASIC interpreters for the new machines' extra memory and double-resolution graphics, or for the [[Apple IIgs|Apple II<small>GS</
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  • ...iscellaneous improvements, including solid state memory (instead of [[core memory|core]]), thus the '/S'. ..., and [[hardware]] test [[program]]s, were implemented in a 1K [[Read-only memory|ROM]].
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  • | virtual address = 13 bits (direct), 15 bits (extended) | memory speed = 1.75 μsec
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  • ...of a number of separate free-standing units of various types (CPUs, [[main memory]], etc), connected together with [[bus]]ses carried in point-point cables. ...ent busses: there are different types of bus for main memory (the [[PDP-10 Memory Bus]]), and [[peripheral]]s. On the KA10 and KI10 models, the [[PDP-10 I/O
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  • The PDP-8's basic configuration had a [[main memory]] (all [[core memory]], in the early models) of 4,096 twelve-[[bit]] [[word]]s (that is, 4K word ...time of 1.5 microseconds, so that a typical two-cycle ([[Fetch]], Execute) memory-reference instruction ran at a speed of 0.333 MIPS.
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  • ...after electrical buses, or busbars. Almost always, there was one bus for memory, and another for peripherals, and these were accessed by separate instructi Some time after this, some computers began to share memory between several CPUs. On these computers, access to the bus had to be prio
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  • * [[Main memory]]: Rotating drum with 512 32-bit words ''(some sources say 36 bits, which c ...ut: 5-channel paper tape and a Teletype printer. This appears to have been extended somewhat later, see the "Faster than thought" reference above
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  • total memory = 16328 KB<br> avail memory = 12480 KB<br>
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  • ...C continued to use the name up into the period when [[DEC card form factor|extended-length quad-height]] cards started to appear, e.g. in the [[KA11 CPU]]. How ...lized modules that are part of a specific larger (sub)-system (e.g. [[core memory]] drivers).
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  • | memory speed = 2 μsec (Model 30)<br>780 nsec (Model 91) | memory mgmt = [[protection key]]s (most models)
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  • | physical address = 32k words (requires optional Type 183 Memory Extension) | memory speed = 1.5 μseconds
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  • | memory speed = 1.5 μseconds | memory mgmt = bank selection, CPU mode
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  • ...[[multi-processor]]s with up to 4 [[Central Processing Unit|CPUs]]. [[Main memory]] was also connected to the SCU. The VAX 9000 used the [[Extended Memory Interconnect|XMI]] as its [[input/output|I/O]] [[bus]]; up to 4 were possib
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  • ...searchers sharing a machine (dangerous, since the -11/20 had no hardware [[memory management]]) that a second -11/20 was purchased for the sole use of the pa ...g remained on the RF11. The version which we have also required a [[KE11-A Extended Arithmetic Element|KE11-A]] (use is made of it throughout the [[kernel]]).
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  • ..., generally given as the acronym) was [[Unix/32V]] with a better [[virtual memory]] system, that went from 32V's [[swapping]], to a paged system. Additional ...vailable features of the UNIX/32V system, as extended to provide a virtual memory environment and other enhancements at U. C. Berkeley."
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  • ...le of the disk, and it allowed for larger file systems, long filenames and extended attributes. A later [[service pack]] allowed for 386 and above CPUs to use OS/2 1.2 from IBM included the 'standard' edition, along with the EE or extended edition. The EE edition included basic communications capability (x.25, rs
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  • ...o the point where people avoided MS-DOS 4.00 to run this version. It added extended partition and logical drives. MS-DOS 3.3 also included some support for the ...was made popular allowing 386's to simulate [[EMS memory]] with [[extended memory]], and loading device drivers & TSR's into the reserved hardware space.
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  • | type = Multi-tasking, multi-user, virtual memory ...ran on [[KA10]]s which were modified with MIT-designed and built [[virtual memory|paging]] [[hardware]] (which that generation of PDP-10 [[Central Processing
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  • primitive to the "light" ( "threads"), memory 1: Support for USB disks (simulations in memory, "pen drive"),
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  • using 245 buffers containing 1672192 bytes of memory using 239 buffers containing 1672192 bytes of memory
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  • The Maximum amount of memory was 256MB. The Magnum also had an [[Extended Industry Standard Architecture|EISA]] bus for expansion.
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  • Corollary Extended C-bus 486DX2/66 Colorado Memory Systems Jumbo 250
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  • ...wever, it furthered the development of the kernel so that it could use XMS memory, and it later introduced a 286-specific version that could do some limited ...64kb of RAM. Windows/286 was expected to run with MS-DOS 3.3, so the high memory area was not in use, nor was there a himem.sys at the time. DOS extenders
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  • Memory and More PDS ELITRA PENT-90 VIP Memory and More PDS NETSTATION PENT-90 PCI
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  • ...of small pages. Sufficient hardware exists to make demand paging a viable memory management strategy. All console functions are handled by an LSI-11 microco * 0.5 megabytes memory with battery backup
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  • ...n of this paper appeared under the title ''Setting up the Berkeley Virtual Memory Extensions to the UNIX Operating System'' and, no doubt, references to this ...programs in bytes. For example, if your machine has only 512K bytes of memory, then xxx will be 524228, i.e. exactly 512K.
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  • ...[[asynchronous serial line]]s, etc. It does support the optional [[KTF11-A memory management chip]] and the [[KEF11-A floating point chip]], but not the [[KE ...ce]] is limited to 256 Kbytes). In the later models, a bit in the [[PDP-11 Memory Management#Control|SSR3]] CPU [[register]] must be set to allow use of more
    3 KB (424 words) - 02:05, 10 July 2023
  • ...are commands to the device to perform various functions, stored in [[main memory]]. * NXM - Nonexistent Memory
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  • ...eral Controller|SPC]] slot. Data is transferred to the host using [[Direct Memory Access|DMA]]; installation of a TUK50 thus requires removal of the [[Non-Pr ...ut extension - With the jumper removed, the non-existent memory timeout is extended from 28 nanoseconds to 37 microseconds; the manufacturing configuration is
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  • ...a [[QBUS]]/[[Private Memory Interconnect|PMI]] [[Dynamic RAM|DRAM]] [[main memory]] card. As a PMI card, it uses the [[CD interconnect]]; it can therefore '' ...s at even word locations, the other for those in odd; the banks are thus [[memory interleaving|interleaved]]. A read cycle from the bus will start a read of
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  • The '''IBM XT''', formally the '''IBM 5160''' was an extended version of the first [[IBM PC]], the [[IBM 5150]]. It provided extra slots, Since the [[i8086|8088]] CPU could address 1MB of RAM, the memory map was split in a 640KB for OS & programs, and 384KB for hardware buffers
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  • - Memory paging with copy-on-write - Support for extended memory up to 16M on 386 and above
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  • makes extensive use of 386 memory management and task primitives. - Memory paging with copy-on-write
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  • extensive use of 386 memory management and task primitives. - Memory paging with copy-on-write
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  • ...''' was a [[MASSBUS]] [[device controller]] for the [[VAX-11/750]]'s [[CPU/Memory Interconnect]] (CMI). It was implemented on one [[DEC card form factor|extended hex]] card, which mounts in the VAX-11/750 [[backplane]] in one of the thre
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  • total memory = 16328 KB avail memory = 12480 KB
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  • The mem messages give the amount of real (physical) memory and the memory available to user programs in bytes. For
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  • 2.1 Memory Organization and Segmentation 2.5.3 Memory Operands
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