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===Module counts===
 
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Module counts (drawn from the module count chart, confirmed in the module utilization drawing):
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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]]
 
[[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>
 
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(* = Optional, not used in standard controllers)
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==See also==
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* [[TU55 DECtape Transport]]
  
 
==External links==
 
==External links==

Revision as of 05:17, 27 May 2022


TU56
Tu56.jpg
A TU56 drive
Manufacturer: Digital Equipment Corporation
Drive Controller(s): TD8E, TC11
Media: DECTape


The TU56 DECtape Transport is an enhanced successor to the 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.

Card locations and counts

The TU56 contains a small backplane holding a number of FLIP CHIP modules. The module location chart for the TU56 backplane is (starting at the right-hand side, viewed from the board-insertion side):

Slot A B Use
1 G848 Left forward
2 G848 Left reverse
3 G859 G847
4 M941 M922%
5 M531 M113
6 M908 M113
7 M908 M117
8 M040 M302
9 G851%
10 W032#
11 W032#
12 G851%
13 G888* G888*
14 G888* G888*
15 M040 G888*
16 M117 M113
17   M922%
18 M941 G847
19 G848 Right forward
20 G848 Right reverse

(% = Connector)
(# = TU56H only)
(* = Optional, not used in standard controllers)

Module counts

Module counts (drawn from the module count chart, mostly confirmed in the module utilization drawing):

Internals of a TU56 drive
Count Type Description
1 G742# Positive Logic Jumper Card
2& G847 Dual Motor Voltage Control
4& G848 Motor Control
2& G851 Relay
1 G859 Clock Regulator
5 G888* Manchester Reader/Writer
2& M040 Solenoid Driver
3& M113 10x2 Input NAND Gate
2& M117 6x4 Input NAND Gate
1 M302 Dual Delay MV
1 M531# Bus Converter
2 M908 Connector
2& M922 Cable Connector
1 M923* Cable Connector
2& M941% Jumper Card
2 W032 Cable Connector

(& = dual drive; half this in a single drive)
(# = M531 is used with a negative logic controller; G742 with a positive logic controller)
(% = Replaced with a W5l3 when the transport is connected to a relay driver controller)
(* = Optional, not used in standard controllers)

See also

External links