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  • ...eXtension') for a family of computers from [[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]]. They were the successors to the [[PDP-11]] series of [[minicomputer]]s. * [[:Category:DEC VAX systems|DEC VAX systems]]
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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. ...and address lines 0 through 12 to recognize their address(es). (Some QBUS CPUs do not even drive the high address lines during references to the I/O page.
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  • The '''PDP-11/34''' was [[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]]'s lower-cost replacement to the [[PDP-11/40]] as the low-end [[PDP-11]] s ...UNIBUS and QBUS termination|termination and pull-ups]] (unusual for PDP-11 CPUs); this is almost certainly the reason that the manual calls for the use of
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  • | manufacturer = [[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]] ...or [[KB11-D CPU]] (later units) high-performance [[Central Processing Unit|CPUs]], implemented in [[SSI]] [[Schottky TTL]] logic.
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  • ...f 16-[[bit]] [[minicomputer]]s designed by [[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]], in production from 1970-1990. Although the basic [[address space]] was 1 ...P-11/34]], [[PDP-11/44]] and [[PDP-11/23]]; it was standard in the [[KDJ11 CPUs]] (although in these machines an optional [[FPJ11 floating point accelerato
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  • ...cessor]] [[VAX]]; it had two [[KA780 CPU|KA780]] [[Central Processing Unit|CPUs]] connected to up to four [[MA780 Multiport Memory Option|MA780]] [[multi-p * [http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/vax/handbook/VAX_Hardware_Handbook_Volume_1_1986.pdf VAX Hardware Handbook
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  • ...and [[Windows]], VMS Software, Inc. (which is the current owner of most of DEC's assets) has a hobbyist program which allows licenses to be obtained for n ...vms-hw.html VAX/VMS Versions] - "which VMS versions are supported on which CPUs"
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  • ...[[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]] [[PDP-11]] [[Central Processing Unit|CPUs]]:
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  • ...st of a number of [[MicroVAX]] models from [[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]]. It used the [[QBUS]] as its primary [[bus]] between the [[Central Proces Last interactive login on Saturday, 3-DEC-2022 17:59
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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 ...ailable in [[multi-processor]] versions with two [[Central Processing Unit|CPUs]].
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  • Some time after this, some computers began to share memory between several CPUs. On these computers, access to the bus had to be prioritized, as well. [[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]] noted that having two buses seemed wasteful and expensive for small, mass
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  • ...upgraded version of the [[VAX-11/780|/780]]; its [[Central Processing Unit|CPUs]] used [[Advanced Schottky]] [[logic]]. A /780 could be upgraded to a /785 * [http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/vax/785/ 785] - documentation on [[BitSavers]]
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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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  • ...ightly-coupled [[multi-processor]]s with up to 4 [[Central Processing Unit|CPUs]]. [[Main memory]] was also connected to the SCU. The CPUs were heavily [[pipeline]]d, and were built from [[emitter-coupled logic|ECL
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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 ...]], although the PDP-11 CPU light displays were modest compared to earlier CPUs. The earliest PDP-11 disk controllers were very much a match for the earlie
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  • Qemu can emulate numerious CPUs and machine types. Most are geared towards running [[Linux]], the x86/x64 *[[DEC Alpha]] (really incomplete)
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  • | architecture = Originally [[MIPS]], then [[i386]], [[DEC Alpha]], [[PowerPC]], [[Itanium]], [[x64]] ...rsion of OS/2 that would be portable, and was targeted for the coming RISC CPUs. The goal was to design a micro kernel OS that could run 32 bit POSIX bina
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  • ...]] implementation of the [[PDP-11 architecture]], used in both the [[KDJ11 CPUs]], and a variety of peripherals. It was implemented in two [[integrated cir Most uses on DEC PDP-11 [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]] boards (all for the [[QBUS]]) contai
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  • ...the M8186. It uses the same 'Fonz' [[F-11 chip set]] as the other [[KDF11 CPUs]]. * [http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/pdp11/1123/EK-KDF11-UG-PR2_Mar79.pdf KDF11-AA User's Guide] (EK-KDF11-UG-PR
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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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