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The '''BA11-P card cage''' from [[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]] was used in [[PDP-11/60]] to hold the [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]], [[main memory]] and [[device controller]]s.
 
The '''BA11-P card cage''' from [[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]] was used in [[PDP-11/60]] to hold the [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]], [[main memory]] and [[device controller]]s.
  
It held [[DEC card form factor|hex]] [[system unit]] [[backplane]]s, and could contain up to roughly seven standard size (4-slot) system units (the documentation formally specifies six), although the backplane used to hold the CPU was a 14-slot (for the -11/60) unit.
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It held [[DEC card form factor|hex]] [[system unit]] [[backplane]]s, and could contain up to roughly seven standard size (4-slot) system units (the documentation formally specifies six), although the backplane used to hold the CPU was a 14-slot (for the -11/60) unit. The backplanes were mounted vertically, facing forward (like those in the later [[VAX-11/780]].
  
It was one of the [[BA11 mounting boxes]]. It was mounted in an [[H9500]] double-width low-boy corporate cabinet produced by DEC. The backplanes were mounted vertically, facing forward (like those in the later [[VAX-11/780]].
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It was one of the [[BA11 mounting boxes]]. It was mounted in an [[H9500]] double-width low-boy corporate cabinet produced by DEC; the BA11-P's (up to two per M9500) swung out for full access, not on slides as with the other BA11's.  
  
 
The BA11-P used one (optionally two) [[H742 Power Supply|H7420 Power Supplies]], which were separate units, permanently mounted directly in the H9500, below and behind the BA11-P; a [[power harness]] connected to the two. The [[power supply]] contained up to five [[DEC standard modular regulators]]; the harness ended in a power distribution panel containing standard [[DEC power distribution connectors]].
 
The BA11-P used one (optionally two) [[H742 Power Supply|H7420 Power Supplies]], which were separate units, permanently mounted directly in the H9500, below and behind the BA11-P; a [[power harness]] connected to the two. The [[power supply]] contained up to five [[DEC standard modular regulators]]; the harness ended in a power distribution panel containing standard [[DEC power distribution connectors]].
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* [http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/pdp11/1160/EK-11060-SV-01_1160cab_Feb78.pdf PDP-11/60 cabinet and power supply manual] - the BA11-P is covered on pg. 4-7 (pg. 90 of the scanned version) through 4-18
 
* [http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/pdp11/1160/EK-11060-SV-01_1160cab_Feb78.pdf PDP-11/60 cabinet and power supply manual] - the BA11-P is covered on pg. 4-7 (pg. 90 of the scanned version) through 4-18
  
[[Category: DEC Hardware]]
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[[Category: DEC Mounting Boxes]]

Latest revision as of 02:23, 11 July 2023

The BA11-P card cage from DEC was used in PDP-11/60 to hold the CPU, main memory and device controllers.

It held hex system unit backplanes, and could contain up to roughly seven standard size (4-slot) system units (the documentation formally specifies six), although the backplane used to hold the CPU was a 14-slot (for the -11/60) unit. The backplanes were mounted vertically, facing forward (like those in the later VAX-11/780.

It was one of the BA11 mounting boxes. It was mounted in an H9500 double-width low-boy corporate cabinet produced by DEC; the BA11-P's (up to two per M9500) swung out for full access, not on slides as with the other BA11's.

The BA11-P used one (optionally two) H7420 Power Supplies, which were separate units, permanently mounted directly in the H9500, below and behind the BA11-P; a power harness connected to the two. The power supply contained up to five DEC standard modular regulators; the harness ended in a power distribution panel containing standard DEC power distribution connectors.

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