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  • ...f the [[application]]s which could run on it; it also supported only the [[UNIBUS]], which normally limited it to 248KB of [[main memory]]. ...sing Unit|CPU]] and [[device controller]]s, the other main memory and more controllers.
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  • | bus arch= [[UNIBUS]]/[[MASSBUS]]/memory bus The '''PDP-11/70''' was a very high performance [[UNIBUS]] [[PDP-11]] system; it basically took the high-performance [[Central Proce
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  • ...[[UNIBUS]] and [[QBUS]] are for the earlier RK moving-[[head]] [[magnetic storage|magnetic]] [[disk]] [[drive]]s ([[RK02/03 disk drive|RK02]]-[[RK05 disk dri ...RK drive(s) through a [[bus]] carried over a [[BC11A]] cable, the standard UNIBUS cable.
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  • The '''RK611 disk controller''' is the [[UNIBUS]] [[device controller]] for the [[RK06/07 disk drive|RK06 and RK07]] moving | M7900 || UNIBUS interface module
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  • ...ve|RS11]] [[fixed-head disk]] drives; each has a capacity of 512 Kbytes of storage. Unlike all other DEC disk controllers, the RF11 can read or write individual words; this was itended to allow opt
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  • | BUS-UNIBUS = 4 @ 1.5MB/s ...re]]; instead, like the [[KL10]], it loaded [[microcode]] from [[secondary storage]] (a [[floppy disk]]), under the control of a [[front end]] (a [[PDP-11/03]
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  • ...bus, which appeared only on the main [[backplane]]. For I/O, it used the [[UNIBUS]] and (via [[RH11 MASSBUS controller|RH11]]'s) the [[MASSBUS]]. For [[Direct Memory Access|DMA]], [[mass storage]] peripherals connected directly to memories (PDP-10 memories are generally
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  • ...ith the PDP-11 can quickly understand the differences. The VAX-11 provides UNIBUS and MASSBUS interfaces and uses the same input/output peripheral devices as * UNIBUS adaptor with DZ11 (8 RS-232C lines)
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  • The '''TS11 controller''' was a [[UNIBUS]] [[magnetic tape controller]]s from [[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]]; ...y). The controller is designed for [[PDP-11]] and [[VAX]] computers with a UNIBUS.
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  • ...] for the [[TK50 Tape Drive|TK50]] [[magnetic tape drive]]. It uses [[Mass Storage Control Protocol|TMSCP]]. [[Image:TUK50 M547 UNIBUS Controller Module and Cable.png|thumb|300px|left|thumb|TUK50 cabling]]
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  • ...[[Standard Disk Interconnect#SDI Family of DSA Products|SDI disks]] to a [[UNIBUS]]. ...DEC card form factor|hex]] (8.5” by 15.6”) cards, which a mounted in a UNIBUS [[backplane]] of a [[PDP-11]] or [[VAX]], and associated mounting hardware
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  • .... in the [[MicroVAX 2000]] and as a [[bootstrap]] device in [[Hierarchical Storage Controller]]s. ''High-density mode provides 1.2 Mbytes of storage using 96 tracks per inch, double-sided, high-density diskettes. In this mod
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  • ::* ''Adapters of other busses like UNIBUS (UBA), MASSBUS (MBA) ...ules (connected to the controller). The TPA-11/580 could handle two memory controllers, so the maximal memory amount with the MS580-C controller was 2x4=8 MB. The
    4 KB (587 words) - 00:38, 2 January 2024
  • ...e components of the system; the 'E Bus', from the E Box; and the 'S Bus' ('Storage'), and later the 'C Bus' ('[[Channel]]'), from the M Box. The S Bus (usuall ...can be used to connect a variety of [[disk]] and [[magnetic tape]] [[mass storage]] devices.
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  • ...''TMB11''' [[magnetic tape controller]]s are a series of [[UNIBUS]] device controllers, used with a number of different 1/2" [[magnetic tape drive]]s from [[Digit ...7912) and one quad (M7911) - along with 4 generic (i.e. not device-unique) UNIBUS-specific FLIP CHIPs ([[M105 Address Selector‎|M105]], M795, M796, [[M782
    10 KB (1,388 words) - 02:36, 10 February 2024
  • ...X11 floppy controller|RX11]] and [[RX211 floppy controller|RX211]] for the UNIBUS, and [[RXV11 floppy controller|RXV11]] and [[RXV211 floppy controller|RXV21 ...1 and RXV11) can support them. There are also as RK8E (RX01 only) and RK28 controllers for the PDP-8. The maximum number of drives supported by a single controlle
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  • ...ath to the RKDB buffer register from the two sources that can feed it (the UNIBUS and the DSB - Data Serial Buffer<!-- DEC docs also give 'Disk SB' expansion ...prevented under-run/over-run errors when there was considerable competing UNIBUS [[Direct Memory Access|DMA]] traffic.
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  • ...4]]-[[RP06 disk drive|RP06]] drives are un-related - they include integral controllers, and connect to the [[MASSBUS]].) | 1 || colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | UNIBUS in
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  • ...xternal' [[memory interleaving|interleaving]], etc. (The MK11 contains two controllers internally, and when an MK11 contains a symmetrical set of memory array mod ..., they can be made to look like 256KB boards; this will 'waste' 3/4 of the storage on the card, but if 256KB boards are unobtainable, the fairly widely-availa
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  • ...quad]] [[Small Peripheral Controller]] slot. It support's [[DEC]]'s [[Mass Storage Control Protocol]]. [[Category: UNIBUS Storage Controllers]]
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  • ...MASSBUS]] devices such as the [[RP04 disk drive|RP04]] to systems with a [[UNIBUS]], primarily on [[PDP-11]]'s. ===Second UNIBUS===
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  • The '''RL11''' disk controllers (the original RL11 for the [[UNIBUS]], and the '''RLV11''' and '''RLV12''' for the [[QBUS]]) were for the [[RL0 * [http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/unibus/EK-ORL11-TD-001_RL11tech.pdf RL11 Controller Technical Description Manual]
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  • ...Processing Unit|CPU]], the [[main memory]] controller, and two or three [[UNIBUS]] adapters (which are used to perform all [[input/output|I/O]] in the syste That bus also supports [[interrupt]]s from the UNIBUS adapters, as well as [[diagnostic]] access from the mandatory 'console' sub
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  • The '''TC11''' is the [[DECtape]] [[device controller]] for the [[UNIBUS]]. It supported, and was normally provided with, [[TU56 DECtape Transport|T Like many of the earlier large peripheral controllers for the [[PDP-11]], the TC11 was a large custom [[wire-wrap]]ped [[backplan
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  • The '''TA11 Magnetic Tape Cassette controller''' is the [[UNIBUS]] [[device controller]] of the '''TA11 Magnetic Tape Cassette System''', wh * [http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/unibus/TA11EngDwgs.pdf TA11 engineering drawings]
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  • .../02 floppy drive|RX01]] [[diskette|floppy disk]] [[disk|drives]] for the [[UNIBUS]] and [[QBUS]]. [[Category: UNIBUS Storage Controllers]]
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  • ...02 floppy drive|RX01]]) [[diskette|floppy disk]] [[disk|drives]] for the [[UNIBUS]] and [[QBUS]], respectively. * [http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/unibus/MP00626_RX211_Dec78.pdf RX211 Field Maintenance Print Set] (MP00626)
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  • ...e|RS64]] [[fixed-head disk]] drives, each with a capacity of 128 Kbytes of storage, organized in 32-word blocks. * M796 - UNIBUS Master Control
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  • ...memory|dual-ported memory]], with one port connected to the separate 'B' [[UNIBUS]] of the PDP-11/45, and the other to the [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]] th In all versions, each bank included a controller board, and up to 4 storage boards; all cards were [[DEC card form factor|hex]] size. Each bank had to
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  • '''UNIBUS parity''' has a somewhat complex story. The final [[UNIBUS]] spec says [[parity]] implementation is wholly within the slave [[peripher
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  • ...ect''' controllers are a series of [[device controller]]s which use [[Mass Storage Control Protocol|MSCP]] and TMSCP [[protocol]]s, running over a [[Low End S They include the '''KLESI-UA''' ('''M8739''') for the [[UNIBUS]], the '''KLESI-QA''' ('''M7740''') for the [[QBUS]] and the '''KLESI-B'''
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  • The '''Digital Storage Architecture''' (usually given as the acronym, '''DSA''') is one of the bui (taken from: Storage Systems Port specification)
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  • ...pport large [[mass storage]] devices. It is a key element of the [[Digital Storage Architecture]] (DSA), used with [[PDP-11]]s and with [[VAX]] single and mul ...isting standard had the capabilities that DEC deemed necessary in the mass storage arena. SDI claims to offer high performance, availability, and configuratio
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  • ...ym, '''LESI''', is usual) is a DEC-standard [[bus]] used to connect [[mass storage]] devices to a [[device controller]]. ...ented as a shielded, round cable). Communication across it uses the [[Mass Storage Control Protocol]].
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  • | controller = [[M7196]] [[QBUS]] / [[M7455]] [[UNIBUS]] (or other Pertec controllers certified for the TS05) ...''TSV05 Tape Transport Subsystem''' was a compact [[magnetic tape]] [[mass storage]] system for [[PDP-11]] and low-end [[VAX]] systems, which used industry-st
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  • ...printer]]s and [[punched card]] readers and punches, to high speed [[mass storage]] devices like [[disk]]s and [[magnetic tape drive]]s. The channel interfac ...s run from one controller to another; the last holds a [[terminator]]. The controllers were only logically separated from the device(s); they might be integrated
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