Able Computer - Revision history

Jnc: /* External links */ +product summary and brochures

2022-12-05T16:48:41Z

‎External links: +product summary and brochures

Jnc: /* External links */ +Bitsavers

2022-12-05T16:35:04Z

‎External links: +Bitsavers

Jnc: +links

2021-04-16T03:30:47Z

+links

Jnc: have Quadracall img

2020-02-06T04:33:39Z

have Quadracall img

Jnc: +link

2020-02-04T15:16:38Z

+link

Jnc: link to 2 produce pages

2019-09-09T19:03:54Z

link to 2 produce pages

Jnc: Add second QNIVERTER

2019-07-24T15:31:32Z

Add second QNIVERTER

Jnc: Add image availability, etc

2019-07-24T14:09:46Z

Add image availability, etc

Jnc: correct Cache/45 info

2019-07-22T13:19:49Z

correct Cache/45 info

Jnc: +cat

2018-12-16T15:48:19Z

+cat

← Older revision		Revision as of 16:48, 5 December 2022
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	* [http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/able/ Able] - manuals at [[Bitsavers]]		* [http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/able/ Able] - manuals at [[Bitsavers]]
		+	** [http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/able/brochures/Able_Computer_Product_Summary.pdf ABLE product summary] - synopsis and small image of all products
		+	** [http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/able/brochures/Able_Computer_Product_Brochures_1982.pdf ABLE product brochures] - header sheet, and brochures for about a dozen ABLE products

	[[Category: Board Manufacturers]]		[[Category: Board Manufacturers]]

← Older revision		Revision as of 16:35, 5 December 2022
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	The notation "PDP-11/45, etc" means it also applies to the -11/50 and -11/55 (machines which are physically identical to the -11/45, with different [[main memory]] configurations).		The notation "PDP-11/45, etc" means it also applies to the -11/50 and -11/55 (machines which are physically identical to the -11/45, with different [[main memory]] configurations).
		+
		+	==External links==
		+
		+	* [http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/able/ Able] - manuals at [[Bitsavers]]

	[[Category: Board Manufacturers]]		[[Category: Board Manufacturers]]

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 | [[Able UNIVERTER|UNIVERTER]] || 10001 || quad* || Y || QBUS || UNIBUS output
 |-
-| CACHE/45 || 10003? (main)<br>10020 (jumper) || hex (main) + double dual (jumper) || Y || PDP-11/45, etc
+| [[Able CACHE/45|CACHE/45]] || 10003? (main)<br>10020 (jumper) || hex (main) + double dual (jumper) || Y || PDP-11/45, etc
 |-
 | REBUS || 10014 || double dual || Y% || UNIBUS
@@ Line 18: / Line 18: @@
 | QUADRASYNC/B || 10015 || quad || Y || UNIBUS || [[EIA RS-232 serial line interface|EIA]] only
 |-
-| SCAT/45 || 10017 (control)<br>10025 (data) || hex (control and data) || Y control<br>Y% (data) || [[PDP-11/45]], etc
+| [[Able SCAT/45|SCAT/45]] || 10017 (control)<br>10025 (data) || hex (control and data) || Y control<br>Y% (data) || [[PDP-11/45]], etc
 |-
 | QUADRASYNC/C || 10022 || quad || Y% || UNIBUS || [[20mA current loop serial line interface|20mA]]

@@ Line 30: / Line 30: @@
 | Dual I/O || 10039 || quad || Y% || UNIBUS
 |-
-| QUADRACALL || 10045 || quad || Y% || UNIBUS
+| QUADRACALL || 10045 || quad || Y || UNIBUS
 |-
 | DMAX/16 || 10048 || double hex || Y% || UNIBUS

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 '''Able Computer''' was a company based in Irvine, California which made a variety of [[device controller]]s and similar devices (e.g. [[cache]]s) for [[PDP-11]]s and other machines which used the [[UNIBUS]] or [[QBUS]].
-The controllers were usually program-compatible to existing [[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]] products, but more cost-effective; their other boards offered performance and capability enhancements that DEC themselves did not offer.
+The controllers were usually [[program compatible]] to existing [[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]] products, but more cost-effective; their other boards offered performance and capability enhancements that DEC themselves did not offer.
 The following table gives the part numbers and [[DEC card form factor|sizes]] of Able products, to aid in identification of un-identified boards:

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 ! Product !! Part Number !! Size !! Image || Host Bus or Machine !! Comments
 |-
-| UNIVERTER || 10001 || quad* || Y% || QBUS || UNIBUS output
+| [[Able UNIVERTER|UNIVERTER]] || 10001 || quad* || Y || QBUS || UNIBUS output
 |-
-| CACHE/45 || 10003? (main)<br>10020 (jumper) || hex + double dual  || Y || PDP-11/45, etc
+| CACHE/45 || 10003? (main)<br>10020 (jumper) || hex (main) + double dual (jumper) || Y || PDP-11/45, etc
 |-
 | REBUS || 10014 || double dual || Y% || UNIBUS
@@ Line 24: / Line 24: @@
 | QUADRASYNC/E || 10028 || hex* || Y || UNIBUS || EIA, [[modem]] control
 |-
-| CACHE/440 || 10031 || double dual || Y || [[PDP-11/40]]
+| CACHE/440 || 10031 || double dual || Y || [[PDP-11/40]] || has [[terminator|termination]] [[resistor]]s
 |-
-| CACHE/434 || 10033? || double dual || Y || [[PDP-11/34]]
+| CACHE/434 || 10033? || double dual || Y || [[PDP-11/34]] || none, just sockets
 |-
 | Dual I/O || 10039 || quad || Y% || UNIBUS
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 | INTERLINK/UNI || 10064 || hex* || Y || UNIBUS || BUSLINK
 |-
-| QNIVERTER || 10067 (first version) || quad* || Y || QBUS || UNIBUS input/output
+| [[Able QNIVERTER|QNIVERTER]] || 10067 (first version) || quad* || Y || QBUS || UNIBUS input/output
 |-
 | DZ/16 || 10090 || hex || Y || UNIBUS
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 | VMZ/32 || 10185 || hex || Y || UNIBUS
 |-
-| QNIVERTER || (second version) || quad* || Y# || QBUS || UNIBUS input/output
+| [[Able QNIVERTER|QNIVERTER]] || (second version) || quad* || Y# || QBUS || UNIBUS input/output
 |-
 | VMZ/LP || &nbsp; || quad || Y || UNIBUS
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 ''*'' indicates a non-rectangular board; usually because there is a UNIBUS female connector on the back edge of the board
-''%'' indicates a poor image, from a scanned manual (UNIVERTER), or from a sales brochure
+''%'' indicates a poor image, from a sales brochure
 ''#'' indicates we have images of a card that is probably the second version, but no confirmation from Able docs

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 |-
 | VMZ/32 || 10185 || hex || Y || UNIBUS
 |-
 | VMZ/LP || &nbsp; || quad || Y || UNIBUS
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 ''%'' indicates a poor image, from a scanned manual (UNIVERTER), or from a sales brochure
 The notation "PDP-11/45, etc" means it also applies to the -11/50 and -11/55 (machines which are physically identical to the -11/45, with different [[main memory]] configurations).
 [[Category: Board Manufacturers]]

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 {| class="wikitable"
-! Product !! Part Number !! Size !! Bus or Machine
+! Product !! Part Number !! Size !! Image || Host Bus or Machine !! Comments
 |-
-| UNIVERTER || 10001 || quad* || QBUS (UNIBUS output)
+| UNIVERTER || 10001 || quad* || Y% || QBUS || UNIBUS output
 |-
-| CACHE/45 || 10003? (main)<br>10020 (jumper) || hex + double dual || PDP-11/45, etc
+| CACHE/45 || 10003? (main)<br>10020 (jumper) || hex + double dual  || Y || PDP-11/45, etc
 |-
-| REBUS || 10014 || double dual || UNIBUS
+| REBUS || 10014 || double dual || Y% || UNIBUS
 |-
-| QUADRASYNC/B || 10015 || quad || UNIBUS
+| QUADRASYNC/B || 10015 || quad || Y || UNIBUS || [[EIA RS-232 serial line interface|EIA]] only
 |-
-| SCAT/45 || 10017 (control)<br>10025 (data) || hex (control and data) || [[PDP-11/45]], etc
+| SCAT/45 || 10017 (control)<br>10025 (data) || hex (control and data) || Y control<br>Y% (data) || [[PDP-11/45]], etc
 |-
-| QUADRASYNC/C || 10022 || quad || UNIBUS
+| QUADRASYNC/C || 10022 || quad || Y% || UNIBUS || [[20mA current loop serial line interface|20mA]]
 |-
-| QUADRASYNC/E || 10028 || hex* || UNIBUS
+| QUADRASYNC/E || 10028 || hex* || Y || UNIBUS || EIA, [[modem]] control
 |-
-| CACHE/434-440 || 10031 || double dual || [[PDP-11/34]], [[PDP-11/40]]
+| CACHE/440 || 10031 || double dual || Y || [[PDP-11/40]]
 |-
-| Dual I/O || 10039 || quad || UNIBUS
+| CACHE/434 || 10033? || double dual || Y || [[PDP-11/34]]
 |-
-| QUADRACALL || 10045 || quad || UNIBUS
+| Dual I/O || 10039 || quad || Y% || UNIBUS
 |-
-| DMAX/16 || 10048 || double hex || UNIBUS
+| QUADRACALL || 10045 || quad || Y% || UNIBUS
 |-
-| BUSLINK || 10062 || quad || QBUS
+| DMAX/16 || 10048 || double hex || Y% || UNIBUS
 |-
-| INTERLINK|| 10064 || hex* || UNIBUS
+| INTERLINK/LSI || 10062 || quad || Y || QBUS || BUSLINK
 |-
-| QNIVERTER || 10067 || quad* || QBUS (UNIBUS input/output)
+| INTERLINK/UNI || 10064 || hex* || Y || UNIBUS || BUSLINK
 |-
-| DZ/16 || 10090 || hex || UNIBUS
+| QNIVERTER || 10067 (first version) || quad* || Y || QBUS || UNIBUS input/output
 |-
-| DH/DM || 10100 || hex || UNIBUS
+| DZ/16 || 10090 || hex || Y || UNIBUS
 |-
-| VaxDZ || 10140 || hex || UNIBUS
+| DH/DM || 10100 || hex || Y || UNIBUS
 |-
-| UNIMAP || 10143 || quad* || QBUS (UNIBUS output)
+| VaxDZ || 10140 || hex || Y% || UNIBUS
 |-
-| VMZ/32 || 10185 || hex || UNIBUS
+| UNIMAP || 10143 || quad* || N || QBUS || UNIBUS output
 |-
-| DV/16 || &nbsp; || hex || UNIBUS
+| VMZ/32 || 10185 || hex || Y || UNIBUS
 |-
-| [[Able ENABLE|ENABLE]] || &nbsp; || hex* (main board), quad (optional cache) || [[Modified UNIBUS Device|MUD]] (UNIBUS input)
+| VMZ/LP || &nbsp; || quad || Y || UNIBUS
 |-
-| Q/DH || &nbsp; || quad || QBUS
+| DV/16 || &nbsp; || hex || Y || UNIBUS
 |-
-| QNIMAP || &nbsp; || double dual || QBUS
+| [[Able ENABLE|ENABLE]] || &nbsp; || hex* (main board), quad (optional cache) || Y || [[Modified UNIBUS Device|MUD]] || UNIBUS input, output (optional)
 |}
-''*'' indicates a non-rectangular board; usually because there is a UNUBUS female connector on the back edge of the board
+''*'' indicates a non-rectangular board; usually because there is a UNIBUS female connector on the back edge of the board
 The notation "PDP-11/45, etc" means it also applies to the -11/50 and -11/55 (machines which are physically identical to the -11/45, with different [[main memory]] configurations).
 [[Category: Board Manufacturers]]

← Older revision		Revision as of 15:48, 16 December 2018
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	In some documentation, the INTERLINK was also named the 'Interlink/UNI', and the BUSLINK the 'BUSLINK/LSI' .		In some documentation, the INTERLINK was also named the 'Interlink/UNI', and the BUSLINK the 'BUSLINK/LSI' .
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		+	[[Category: Board Manufacturers]]