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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 [[KI10
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  • 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]].
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  • [[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 [
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  • Date: 19 Dec 91 23:35:45 GMT ISA+AT-disk is currently the hardware setup)
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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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  • | 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 [[mi
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  • ..., 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, and
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  • ...s a high-performance [[VAX]], described by [[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]] as a '[[mainframe]] computer'. They were built around a System Control Un ==Hardware==
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  • ...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>
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  • 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 DOS
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  • ...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 use
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  • ...ently ES 40 can run [[OpenVMS]] for the Dec [[Alpha]]. Hopefully once the hardware is more fleshed out it will run the following:
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  • 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, shor
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  • ...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 w
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  • : ''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 MC6
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  • ...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. Documentatio
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  • only OS standard they could use that to leverage their hardware and IBM, DEC, et. al.
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  • ...[[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.
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  • ...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 p
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  • --- qemu-0.8.0-distclean/Makefile.target Mon Dec 19 17:51:53 2005 # Hardware support
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  • *[[DEC Alpha]] (really incomplete) enable virtual hardware watchdog [default=none]
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  • 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:cc
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  • | 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).
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  • Hardware Compatibility List Digital Equipment Corp. application DEC[R] 400xP
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  • == Emulated hardware == *dec 21140 nic
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  • ...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 VT100
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  • Hardware Compatibility List x86 Architecture Uniprocessor Computers Hardware Compatibility List.
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  • 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 VAX
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  • 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.
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  • The distribution tape can be used only a DEC <sup>1</sup> - DEC, VAX, UNIBUS and MASSBUS are trademarks of Digital Equipment Corporation.<b
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  • Welcome to RT-11 Version 4. RT-11 V04 provides new hardware support [[Category: DEC Operating Systems]]
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  • ...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 P
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  • 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'
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  • ...a UNIBUS [[backplane]] of a [[PDP-11]] or [[VAX]], and associated mounting hardware and cables. * Minor hardware modification to make [[buffer]]ing easier.
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  • ...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 fo
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  • 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]]
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  • ...'''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>
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  • ...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 basi
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  • ...three operating systems interruption, software interruption, and processor hardware interrupt abnormal # Timer_interrupt hardware interrupt handling procedures, the film tells the system time, the switchin
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  • The distribution tape can be used only on a DEC 012700 Use the DEC ROM or other
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  • 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 in
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  • ___ the DEC bulk ROM for tape; it reads block 0, not grams at 100000. These programs correspond to the DEC bulk
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  • rd54|RD54|DEC RD54 on Microvax:\ Disk geometry for most DEC disks can be found in the disktab
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  • | 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 Architec
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  • 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]]
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  • 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|cont
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  • | 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" x
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  • | 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 Disk
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  • | 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 large
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