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The '''KT11-D Memory Management''' was an option for the [[KD11-A CPU]] of the [[PDP-11/40]] which provided [[memory management]]. It did not provide the full [[PDP-11 Memory Management]], but the simplified subset; in fact, the KT11-D is the archetype for that subset.
 
The '''KT11-D Memory Management''' was an option for the [[KD11-A CPU]] of the [[PDP-11/40]] which provided [[memory management]]. It did not provide the full [[PDP-11 Memory Management]], but the simplified subset; in fact, the KT11-D is the archetype for that subset.
  
It was a [[hex]] card (M7236) which plugged into a dedicated, pre-wrired slot in the [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]]'s [[backplane]]. The KT11-D required the [[KJ11-A Stack Limit Register]] option.
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It was a [[hex]] card (M7236) which plugged into a dedicated, pre-wrired slot in the [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]]'s [[backplane]]. [[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]] documentation indicates that the KT11-D required the [[KJ11-A Stack Limit Register]] option (see e.g. EK-11040-TM-002, pg. 4-22) but this may just be an artifact of DEC PDP-11 software.
  
==Further reading==
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To install the KT11-D, in addition to installing the card in the backplane slot, a number of [[jumper]]s on other CPU cards have to be adjusted. Two [[capacitor]]s also have to be installed, to modify timing delays in the CPU.
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==External links==
  
* "KT11-D Memory Management Option Manual", DEC-11-HKTDA-B-D
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* [http://www.bitsavers.org/www.computer.museum.uq.edu.au/pdf/DEC-11-HKTDA-B-D%20KT11-D%20Memory%20Management%20Option%20Manual.pdf KT11-D Memory Management Option Manual] (DEC-11-HKTDA-B-D)
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* [http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/pdp11/1140/KT11D_UsersMan.pdf KT11-D memory management option user's manual] (EK-KT11D-OP-001)
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* [http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/pdp11/1140/KT11-D_Memory_Management_Engineering_Drawings.pdf KT11-D memory management option engineering drawings]
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* [http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/pdp11/memos/710308_Protection_and_Relocation_for_the_PDP-1140.pdf Protection & Relocation for the PDP-11/40] - interesting design memo
  
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Latest revision as of 23:29, 29 December 2023

KT11-D card

The KT11-D Memory Management was an option for the KD11-A CPU of the PDP-11/40 which provided memory management. It did not provide the full PDP-11 Memory Management, but the simplified subset; in fact, the KT11-D is the archetype for that subset.

It was a hex card (M7236) which plugged into a dedicated, pre-wrired slot in the CPU's backplane. DEC documentation indicates that the KT11-D required the KJ11-A Stack Limit Register option (see e.g. EK-11040-TM-002, pg. 4-22) but this may just be an artifact of DEC PDP-11 software.

To install the KT11-D, in addition to installing the card in the backplane slot, a number of jumpers on other CPU cards have to be adjusted. Two capacitors also have to be installed, to modify timing delays in the CPU.

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