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- ...ion of the earlier [[PDP-6]] [[instruction set architecture|ISA]], whose [[hardware]] engineering had been a failure. (The machines were so similar at the prog DEC sold 4 different generations of PDP-10 processors: the [[KA10]], the [[KI1011 KB (1,640 words) - 20:59, 8 March 2024
- The [[PDP-8 family|PDP-8]] is a 12-bit [[architecture]] from [[DEC]]; the first commercially successful [[minicomputer]]. It was a [[load-stor ...words (32K words / 48 KB), which were controlled by optional additional [[hardware]].22 KB (3,497 words) - 19:34, 29 November 2022
- [[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]] noted that having two buses seemed wasteful and expensive for small, mass ...h of the work on these systems concerns software design, as opposed to the hardware itself. In general, these third generation buses tend to look more like a [14 KB (2,170 words) - 05:09, 5 September 2019
- Date: 19 Dec 91 23:35:45 GMT ISA+AT-disk is currently the hardware setup)28 KB (4,805 words) - 18:01, 29 February 2024
- ...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 [[b10 KB (1,460 words) - 15:50, 6 March 2024
- | manufacturer = [[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]] ...e first model of the [[PDP-8 family]], was [[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]]'s major breakthrough, and now considered the first really successful [[mi3 KB (365 words) - 18:28, 8 February 2024
- ..., with a few dual-height. It was the first [[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]] computer to be built using ICs. * KE8/I [[Extended Arithmetic Element]], which supported [[hardware]] integer multiplication and division, one-[[bit]] double-word shifts, and3 KB (416 words) - 14:10, 14 July 2023
- ...s a high-performance [[VAX]], described by [[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]] as a '[[mainframe]] computer'. They were built around a System Control Un ==Hardware==3 KB (420 words) - 18:45, 20 May 2024
- |Dec 1988 |Dec 19914 KB (484 words) - 08:09, 20 November 2023
- ...00 and 3600 used the BA213 enclosure. (The [http://vtda.org/docs/computing/DEC/VMS/EK-O33AB-OM-002_MicroVAX_3600_VAXserver_3600_3602_Operation_Jul1988.pdf <div id="ref_3">[3] VAX Systems Hardware Handbook -- VAXBI Systems. EB-31692-46</div>3 KB (410 words) - 16:19, 23 May 2024
- a somewhat paranoid DEC engineer who prefers to remain anonymous. ...2A, 1-Oct-94; contains all the rooms and puzzles of the original MIT Zork. DEC FORTRAN source code by Robert M. Supnik; see dungn32b.zip for a port to DOS21 KB (3,303 words) - 07:30, 6 September 2023
- ...P-11/20]]'s built; there was no [[disk]] [[mass storage]] available from [[DEC]] for the machine when it first arrived. ...and the researchers sharing a machine (dangerous, since the -11/20 had no hardware [[memory management]]) that a second -11/20 was purchased for the sole use6 KB (926 words) - 19:13, 29 February 2024
- ...ently ES 40 can run [[OpenVMS]] for the Dec [[Alpha]]. Hopefully once the hardware is more fleshed out it will run the following:576 bytes (76 words) - 09:06, 20 May 2022
- In the beginning, back in the 1960's, DEC (Digital Equipment Corporation) created the PDP-10, a medium-sized computer ...ed most of its features in designing Zork. The guy who did it was mostly a hardware person, so perhaps he didn't know what he was up against. At any rate, shor38 KB (6,681 words) - 16:32, 19 December 2018
- ...nal state of the machine, were provided by [[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]] for their earlier computers (such as the [[KA10]]), in common with the ot ...) This was a significant loss; in addition to helping with debugging (both hardware and software issues), they gave an extensive insight into how the machine w4 KB (612 words) - 20:33, 5 January 2024
- : ''XENIX was originally developed on a DEC Virtual Address Extension (VAX) running the Virtual Memory System (VMS) and ...r to the 16-bit microprocessors. Currently scheduled machines included the DEC LSI-11/23, Zilogs Z8001 and Z8002, Intel's 8086 and 286, and Motorola's MC612 KB (1,893 words) - 19:28, 21 October 2023
- ...s such as Quad-Density and 3 and a half inches floppy disks. OEMs included DEC Rainbow, Tandy, AT&T, and Wang. ...and had to be augmented with modifications as/if needed for the particular hardware and with vendor-written versions of utilities found in PC-DOS. Documentatio8 KB (1,327 words) - 07:03, 22 May 2023
- only OS standard they could use that to leverage their hardware and IBM, DEC, et. al.21 KB (3,783 words) - 03:41, 17 December 2018
- ...[[RP06]] and the RP07. Although these disk types are very different at the hardware level, from the simulator's point of view they differ only in capacity and ...ITS IO and paging microcode, which differs significantly from the standard DEC microcode.15 KB (2,486 words) - 14:39, 20 December 2017
- ...hich were modified with MIT-designed and built [[virtual memory|paging]] [[hardware]] (which that generation of PDP-10 [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]] did not ...ar if an intermediate version did); paging was added as soon as the custom hardware to support it was done. Pages from other processes could be mapped into a p12 KB (1,926 words) - 21:29, 8 February 2024
- --- qemu-0.8.0-distclean/Makefile.target Mon Dec 19 17:51:53 2005 # Hardware support10 KB (1,296 words) - 21:26, 16 December 2018
- *[[DEC Alpha]] (really incomplete) enable virtual hardware watchdog [default=none]15 KB (2,245 words) - 12:58, 27 February 2024
- qe0: DEC DELQA Ethernet Interface DEQNA-lock Mode, hardware address 08:00:2b:aa:bb:cc qe0: DEC DELQA Ethernet Interface DEQNA-lock Mode, hardware address 08:00:2b:aa:bb:cc13 KB (1,865 words) - 18:41, 3 July 2022
- | architecture = Originally [[MIPS]], then [[i386]], [[DEC Alpha]], [[PowerPC]], [[Itanium]], [[x64]] ...ware on the i386, but running instructions inside a v86 virtual machine (A hardware feature of the 386 and higher CPUs).15 KB (2,465 words) - 20:47, 13 January 2024
- Hardware Compatibility List Digital Equipment Corp. application DEC[R] 400xP144 KB (18,526 words) - 03:17, 17 December 2018
- == Emulated hardware == *dec 21140 nic2 KB (336 words) - 22:32, 21 October 2018
- ...rial line interface|RS-232]] based dumb [[video terminal]] introduced by [[DEC]] in 1978. It featured [[cursor]] keys, and the ability to place text where ...minicomputer]]..). Xon/Xoff was the most common method for flow control on DEC/VT100 systems. To handle the speed problem some people would put the VT1004 KB (664 words) - 14:34, 11 August 2023
- Hardware Compatibility List x86 Architecture Uniprocessor Computers Hardware Compatibility List.279 KB (34,581 words) - 03:21, 17 December 2018
- The distribution tape can be used only on a DEC VAX-11/780 with RP06 or RM03 disks and with TE16 tape drives. The t Since DEC does not provide a program on the console floppy which boots the VAX24 KB (3,883 words) - 10:33, 6 March 2023
- A UNIX™ Operating System for the [[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]] [[VAX-11/780]] Computer ...ly reduced. The authors conclude that the VAX-11/780 provides an excellent hardware environment for running UNIX and C software.49 KB (7,745 words) - 14:29, 6 May 2023
- The distribution tape can be used only a DEC <sup>1</sup> - DEC, VAX, UNIBUS and MASSBUS are trademarks of Digital Equipment Corporation.<b42 KB (6,834 words) - 03:01, 17 January 2023
- Welcome to RT-11 Version 4. RT-11 V04 provides new hardware support [[Category: DEC Operating Systems]]6 KB (830 words) - 23:09, 20 October 2018
- ...NIBUS]] [[magnetic tape controller]]s from [[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]]; it was part of the [[TS11 Subsystem]], along with a [[TS04 Tape Transpor The TS11 controller is a [[DEC card form factor|hex]] card, the '''M7982''', which plugs into an [[Small P3 KB (369 words) - 20:54, 31 December 2023
- It is a [[DEC card form factor|quad]] [[printed circuit board|board]], the '''M7547''', a * Hardware revision - An 8-wide [[DIP switch]] used to set the hardware revision level of the module; 'open' on a switch reads as '0'2 KB (363 words) - 15:09, 24 April 2024
- ...a UNIBUS [[backplane]] of a [[PDP-11]] or [[VAX]], and associated mounting hardware and cables. * Minor hardware modification to make [[buffer]]ing easier.6 KB (980 words) - 10:55, 31 August 2023
- ...the CPU are shown in normal font, and those which can also be set by the [[hardware]] in ''italics''. To start with, unlike other [[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]] boards, this board does not contain the ''Exx'' identification numbers fo8 KB (1,374 words) - 00:43, 30 July 2023
- The [[VAXserver 4000 series]] is a related category using the same hardware base; the [[VAXstation 4000 series]] apparently shares only the name. * [http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/vax/4000/ VAX 4000] - documentation at [[Bitsavers]]3 KB (398 words) - 12:29, 26 May 2024
- ...'''VAX 8650''' was an improved version of [[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]]'s second-generation [[VAX]], the [[VAX 8600]]. An 8600 could be field-upg * <div id="ref_1">[1] VAX Hardware Handbook. Volume 2-1986. </div>2 KB (274 words) - 22:16, 19 May 2024
- ...ator]], that emulates an [[i8086]] [[CPU]], along with text mode [[VGA]] [[hardware]]. The first version was written by David Hedley, as part of his Final Yea ...[[portable]], and can run on Sun & i386 machines. I've no luck with the [[DEC Alpha]], but I haven't looked to much into it. Also I've done a super basi1 KB (182 words) - 18:00, 20 October 2018
- ...three operating systems interruption, software interruption, and processor hardware interrupt abnormal # Timer_interrupt hardware interrupt handling procedures, the film tells the system time, the switchin14 KB (1,991 words) - 01:23, 20 December 2018
- The distribution tape can be used only on a DEC 012700 Use the DEC ROM or other27 KB (4,414 words) - 02:56, 17 January 2023
- It was implemented on one [[DEC card form factor|extended hex]] card, the L0007 MASSBUS Adapter (MBA), whic * ''VAX Hardware Handbook (1980-81)'' (EB-17281-20) - the RH750 is covered in some detail in1 KB (215 words) - 20:13, 17 May 2024
- ___ the DEC bulk ROM for tape; it reads block 0, not grams at 100000. These programs correspond to the DEC bulk29 KB (3,738 words) - 02:56, 17 January 2023
- rd54|RD54|DEC RD54 on Microvax:\ Disk geometry for most DEC disks can be found in the disktab17 KB (2,338 words) - 21:14, 10 April 2012
- | manufacturer = [[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]] ...a [[non-removable-media disk]] drive from [[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]], introduced in June, 1982; it is member of the [[Digital Storage Architec4 KB (542 words) - 03:16, 31 August 2023
- AT&T also sold a SYSVr4 based product which ran on AT&T branded hardware, which typically was little more than [[multi-processor]] [[x86]] computers [[Category: Non-DEC Operating Systems]]1 KB (190 words) - 04:26, 29 December 2022
- The '''RA60 Disk Drive''' is a [[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]] [[Standard Disk Interconnect|SDI]] [[removable-pack disk]] drive, introdu The RA60 can also be connected in a dual-[[hardware port|port]] arrangement, permitting its use by two [[device controller|cont4 KB (524 words) - 10:36, 31 August 2023
- | manufacturer = [[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]] ...]] [[non-removable-media disk]] drive from [[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]]. A physically large drive (14-inch platters, in a heavy enclosure 10.5" x2 KB (332 words) - 03:16, 31 August 2023
- | manufacturer = [[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]] ...ASSBUS]] [[non-removable-media disk]] from [[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]]; it held 124 MB. It was apparently the MASSBUS version of the [[R80 Disk3 KB (355 words) - 16:23, 18 August 2023
- | manufacturer = [[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]] ...]] [[non-removable-media disk]] drive from [[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]]. It is member of the [[Digital Storage Architecture]]. A physically large2 KB (306 words) - 03:12, 31 August 2023