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== hampage.hu ==
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''1975. With the use of LSI semiconductor technology (the [[LSI-11]] and [[LSI-11/2]] processor), it was a compact implementation of the -11 architecture. It was limited though, to 32KW memory, only one processor operating mode, and limited floating-point instructions. Available options: CIS, WCS, EIS/FIS.''
: ''1975. With the use of LSI semiconductor technology (the [[LSI-11]] and [[LSI-11/2]] processor), it was a compact implementation of the -11 architecture. It was limited though, to 32KW memory, only one processor operating mode, and limited floating-point instructions. Available options: CIS, WCS, EIS/FIS.''


''The /03 used the new LSI bus, later known as the [[QBUS]], and was aimed at the low-end market, as the successor of the /05. Perhaps the slowest of the -11s (one third of the 11/20's performance).''
: ''The /03 used the new LSI bus, later known as the [[QBUS]], and was aimed at the low-end market, as the successor of the /05. Perhaps the slowest of the -11s (one third of the 11/20's performance).''


A PDP-11/03 was also used as the [[diagnostic]] and control unit for the [[VAX-11/780]]'s [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]]; it would [[bootstrap]] the system.
A PDP-11/03 was also used as the [[diagnostic]] and control unit for the [[VAX-11/780]]'s [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]]; it would [[bootstrap]] the system.

Revision as of 12:43, 22 May 2019


PDP-11/03
Manufacturer: Digital Equipment Corporation
Architecture: PDP-11
Year Introduced: 1975
Bus Architecture: QBUS


PDP-11/03

hampage.hu

Quoting:

1975. With the use of LSI semiconductor technology (the LSI-11 and LSI-11/2 processor), it was a compact implementation of the -11 architecture. It was limited though, to 32KW memory, only one processor operating mode, and limited floating-point instructions. Available options: CIS, WCS, EIS/FIS.
The /03 used the new LSI bus, later known as the QBUS, and was aimed at the low-end market, as the successor of the /05. Perhaps the slowest of the -11s (one third of the 11/20's performance).

A PDP-11/03 was also used as the diagnostic and control unit for the VAX-11/780's CPU; it would bootstrap the system.