TU56 DECtape Transport - Revision history

Jnc: /* External links */ +Henk page

2023-02-28T23:31:53Z

‎External links: +Henk page

2022-05-30T12:32:00Z

+New cat

2022-05-27T21:12:06Z

PDP-8 controllers, TU56M models

2022-05-27T04:17:44Z

‎See also: TU55

2022-05-27T00:15:58Z

‎Card locations and counts: typo

2022-05-26T15:37:34Z

Add cards counts, layout

2022-02-23T21:02:46Z

+intl image

2021-10-18T21:09:20Z

‎External links: +IPB, eng drws

2021-10-18T13:24:00Z

Jnc moved page TU56 to TU56 DECtape Transport: DEC formal name

2021-08-23T20:51:07Z

+Ext link, clarify

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 * [http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/dectape/tu56/TU56H_Engineering_Drws_Jun73.pdf TU56 DECtape transport engineering drawings] (TU56-78-AP)
 * [http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/dectape/tu56/TU56_Rev_AV_Engineering_Drawings_Oct74.pdf TU56 DECtape transport engineering drawings] (TU56-83-AV)
 [[Category: DEC Tape Drives]]
 [[Category: DECtape]]

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 |}}
-The '''TU56 DECtape Transport''' is an enhanced successor to the [[TU55 DECtape Transport|TU55]]  [[DECtape]] [[magnetic tape drive]]. The usual configuration was dual-drive (referred to as 'dual transport'), but a single-drive version, the '''TU56H''', was available. The '''TU56M''' (dual) and '''TU56HM''' (single) model include 5 G888 Read/Write Amplifier [[FLIP CHIP]]s,for use with [[device controller]]s which do not include that functionality.
+The '''TU56 DECtape Transport''' is an enhanced successor to the [[TU55 DECtape Transport|TU55]]  [[DECtape]] [[magnetic tape drive]]. The usual configuration was dual-drive (referred to as 'dual transport'), but a single-drive version, the '''TU56H''', was available. The '''TU56M''' (dual) and '''TU56HM''' (single) model included 5 G888 Read/Write Amplifier [[FLIP CHIP]]s, for use with [[device controller]]s which do not include that functionality.
 ==Card locations and counts==
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 [[Category: DEC Tape Drives]]

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 | manufacturer = [[Digital Equipment Corporation]]
 | media = [[DECTape]]
-| controller = [[TD8E]], [[TC11 DECtape controller|TC11]]
+| controller = [[TC08 DECtape Controller|TC08]], [[TD8-E Simple DECtape Control|TD8-E]], [[TC11 DECtape controller|TC11]]
 | image = Tu56.jpg
 | caption = A TU56 drive
 |}}
-The '''TU56 DECtape Transport''' is an enhanced successor to the [[TU55 DECtape Transport|TU55]]  [[DECtape]] [[magnetic tape drive]]. The usual configuration was dual-drive (referred to as 'dual transport'), but a single-drive version, the '''TU56H''', was available.
+The '''TU56 DECtape Transport''' is an enhanced successor to the [[TU55 DECtape Transport|TU55]]  [[DECtape]] [[magnetic tape drive]]. The usual configuration was dual-drive (referred to as 'dual transport'), but a single-drive version, the '''TU56H''', was available. The '''TU56M''' (dual) and '''TU56HM''' (single) model include 5 G888 Read/Write Amplifier [[FLIP CHIP]]s,for use with [[device controller]]s which do not include that functionality.
 ==Card locations and counts==
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 | 1 || G859 || Clock Regulator
 |-
-| 5 || G888* || Manchester Reader/Writer
+| 5 || G888* || Manchester Reader/Writer (Read/Write Amplifier)
 |-
 | 2& || M040 || Solenoid Driver
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 | 2& || M117 || 6x4 Input NAND Gate
 |-
 | 1 || M302 || Dual Delay MV
 |-
 | 1 || M531# || Bus Converter

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 ===Module counts===
-Module counts (drawn from the module count chart, confirmed in the module utilization drawing):
+Module counts (drawn from the module count chart, mostly confirmed in the module utilization drawing):
 [[Image:TU56Boards.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Internals of a TU56 drive]]
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 (% = Replaced with a W5l3 when the transport is connected to a relay driver controller)<br>
 (* = Optional, not used in standard controllers)
 ==External links==

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 (% = Connector)<br>
 (# = TU56H only)<br>
-(* = Optional, not used standard controllers)
+(* = Optional, not used in standard controllers)
 ===Module counts===
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 (# = M531 is used with a negative logic controller; G742 with a positive logic controller)<br>
 (% = Replaced with a W5l3 when the transport is connected to a relay driver controller)<br>
-(* = Optional, not used standard controllers)
+(* = Optional, not used in standard controllers)
 ==External links==

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	The '''TU56 DECtape Transport''' is an enhanced, dual-drive successor to the [[TU55 DECtape Transport\|TU55]] [[DECtape]] [[magnetic tape drive]].		The '''TU56 DECtape Transport''' is an enhanced, dual-drive successor to the [[TU55 DECtape Transport\|TU55]] [[DECtape]] [[magnetic tape drive]].
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		+	[[Image:TU56Boards.jpg\|thumb\|left\|300px\|Internals of a TU56 drive]]

	==External links==		==External links==

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 |}}
-An enhanced, dual-drive successor to the [[TU55]]  [[DECtape]] [[magnetic tape drive]].
+The '''TU56 DECtape Transport''' is an enhanced, dual-drive successor to the [[TU55 DECtape Transport|TU55]]  [[DECtape]] [[magnetic tape drive]].
 ==External links==
-* [http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/dectape/tu56/DEC-00-HRTC-D_TU56_Mantenance_Manual_Jan73.pdf DEC-00-HRTC-D TU56 DECtape Transport Maintenance Manual]
+* [http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/dectape/tu56/DEC-00-HRTC-D_TU56_Mantenance_Manual_Jan73.pdf TU56 DECtape Transport Maintenance Manual] (DEC-00-HRTC-D)
 [[Category: DEC Tape Drives]]

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