TM10 Magnetic Tape Control - Revision history

Jnc: Link directly to early TU79 page

2024-04-21T20:18:54Z

Link directly to early TU79 page

2024-02-09T16:58:50Z

Update compatible magnetic tape drive list

2023-03-09T00:03:14Z

‎External links: +coverage in DECsystem-10 System Reference Manual

2022-10-25T13:22:50Z

link to new page

2022-05-27T23:03:19Z

‎External links: +Manual, EngDrws

2022-05-27T19:57:51Z

New cat

2021-04-09T19:45:23Z

+cat

2018-11-07T15:49:51Z

Proper cat

2018-11-07T15:40:54Z

Jnc moved page TM10 to TM10 Magnetic Tape Control: Proper name, per DEC docs

2018-11-07T15:40:24Z

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 It connected (per DEC-10-HTMB-D) to [[TU20 Tape Transport|TU20]], [[TU30]] and [[TU40]]/[[TU41]] [[magnetic tape drive]]s, and the [[TU10 DECmagtape|TU10]] in 'Slave' configuration.
-The 'TM10 Magnetic Tape Control Maintenance Manual]' (DEC-10-I4AA-D) refers (on pg. 1-1) to it working with a '[[TU79]]', but this must refer to the earlier drive of that name.
+The 'TM10 Magnetic Tape Control Maintenance Manual]' (DEC-10-I4AA-D) refers (on pg. 1-1) to it working with a 'TU79', but this must refer to the [[TU-79 Tape Transport|earlier drive of that name]].
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 * [http://bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/pdp10/periph/DEC-10-HTMB-D_TM10_Maint_Sep73.pdf TM10 Magnetic Tape Control Maintenance Manual] (DEC-10-HTMB-D)
 * [http://bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/pdp10/periph/TM10A_EngrDrwsJun68.pdf TM10 Engineering Drawings]
-* [http://bitsavers.org/www.computer.museum.uq.edu.au/pdf/DEC-10-XSRMA-A-D%20DECsystem10%20System%20Reference%20Manual.pdf DECsystem-10 System Reference Manual] - documents the RP10 in sections 6-6&ndash;6-9 (pp. 210-226 of the PDF)
+* [http://bitsavers.org/www.computer.museum.uq.edu.au/pdf/DEC-10-XSRMA-A-D%20DECsystem10%20System%20Reference%20Manual.pdf DECsystem-10 System Reference Manual] - documents the TM10 in sections 6-6&ndash;6-9 (pp. 210-226 of the PDF)
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 The '''TM10 Magnetic Tape Control''' was the [[magnetic tape controller]] for the early [[PDP-10]] models ([[KA10]] and [[KI10]]) which had the [[PDP-10 I/O Bus]] as a standard bus.
-It connected to [[TU20]] and [[TU79]] [[magnetic tape drive]]s, and the [[TU10 magtape drive|TU10]] in 'Slave' configuration.
+There were two versions, the TM10A and TM10B; the latter used the [[DF10 Data Channel]] for data transfers, to reduce the load on the [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]].
-There were two versions, the TM10A and TM10B; the latter used the [[DF10 Data Channel]] for data transfers, to reduce the load on the [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]].
+It connected (per DEC-10-HTMB-D) to [[TU20 Tape Transport|TU20]], [[TU30]] and [[TU40]]/[[TU41]] [[magnetic tape drive]]s, and the [[TU10 DECmagtape|TU10]] in 'Slave' configuration.
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 * [http://bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/pdp10/periph/DEC-10-HTMB-D_TM10_Maint_Sep73.pdf TM10 Magnetic Tape Control Maintenance Manual] (DEC-10-HTMB-D)
 * [http://bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/pdp10/periph/TM10A_EngrDrwsJun68.pdf TM10 Engineering Drawings]
 [[Category: PDP-10 Storage Controllers]]

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−	The '''TM10 Magnetic Tape Control''' was the [[magnetic tape controller]] for the early [[PDP-10]] models ([[KA10]] and [[KI10]]) which had the PDP-10 ~~[[input/output\|~~I/O~~]] [[bus~~]] as a standard bus.	+	The '''TM10 Magnetic Tape Control''' was the [[magnetic tape controller]] for the early [[PDP-10]] models ([[KA10]] and [[KI10]]) which had the [[PDP-10 I/O Bus]] as a standard bus.

	It connected to [[TU20]] and [[TU79]] [[magnetic tape drive]]s, and the [[TU10 magtape drive\|TU10]] in 'Slave' configuration.		It connected to [[TU20]] and [[TU79]] [[magnetic tape drive]]s, and the [[TU10 magtape drive\|TU10]] in 'Slave' configuration.

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		+	==External links==
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		+	* [http://bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/pdp10/periph/DEC-10-I4AA-D_TM10_Maint_Aug68.pdf TM10 Magnetic Tape Control Maintenance Manual] (DEC-10-I4AA-D)
		+	* [http://bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/pdp10/periph/DEC-10-HTMB-D_TM10_Maint_Sep73.pdf TM10 Magnetic Tape Control Maintenance Manual] (DEC-10-HTMB-D)
		+	* [http://bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/pdp10/periph/TM10A_EngrDrwsJun68.pdf TM10 Engineering Drawings]

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-The '''TM10''' was the [[magnetic tape controller]] for the [[KA10]] and [[KI10]]; it connected to [[TU10 magtape drive|TU10]] 'Slave' [[magnetic tape drive]]s.
+The '''TM10 Magnetic Tape Control''' was the [[magnetic tape controller]] for the early [[PDP-10]] models ([[KA10]] and [[KI10]]) which had the PDP-10 [[input/output|I/O]] [[bus]] as a standard bus.
-There were two versions, the TM10A and TM10B; the latter used the [[DF10 Data Channel]] for data transfers.
+It connected to [[TU20]] and [[TU79]] [[magnetic tape drive]]s, and the [[TU10 magtape drive|TU10]] in 'Slave' configuration.
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 [[Category: DEC Peripherals]]