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It requires the installation of the [[KE11-E Extended Instruction Set]], which allows the [[microcode]] of the basic CPU to be extended.
 
It requires the installation of the [[KE11-E Extended Instruction Set]], which allows the [[microcode]] of the basic CPU to be extended.
  
The KE11-F includes its own microcode [[Read-only memory|ROM]], which provides an additional 8 bits width of microcode (to control the [[data path]]s and [[register]]s on the M7239), but it also uses microcode stored on the KE11-E, to control registers and datapaths elsewhere.
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The KE11-F includes its own microcode [[read-only memory|ROM]], which provides an additional 8 bits width of microcode (to control the [[data path]]s and [[register]]s on the M7239), but it also uses microcode stored on the KE11-E, to control registers and data paths elsewhere.
  
==Further reading==
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==External links==
  
* "KE11-E and KE11-F Instruction Set Options Manual", EK-KE11E-TM-002
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* [http://bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/pdp11/1140/KE11_RefMan.pdf KE11-E and KE11-F instruction set options user's manual]  (EK-KE11E-OP-001)
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* [http://www.bitsavers.org/www.computer.museum.uq.edu.au/pdf/EK-KE11E-TM-002%20KE11-E%20and%20KE11-F%20Instruction%20Set%20Options%20Manual.pdf KE11-E and KE11-F instruction set options manual] (EK-KE11E-TM-002)
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* [https://manx-docs.org/collections/hcps/KE11-FIS.pdf KE11-F floating instruction set (FIS) option engineering drawings]
  
 
[[Category: PDP-11 Processors]]
 
[[Category: PDP-11 Processors]]

Revision as of 16:15, 18 October 2021

M7239 card

The KE11-F Floating Instruction Set‏‎ is the optional floating point unit for the KD11-A CPU of the PDP-11/40. It implements the PDP-11 FIS floating point, not the full FP11 floating point.

Physically, it consists of a single quad board, the M7239, which plugs into a pre-wired slot in the CPU backplane.

It requires the installation of the KE11-E Extended Instruction Set, which allows the microcode of the basic CPU to be extended.

The KE11-F includes its own microcode ROM, which provides an additional 8 bits width of microcode (to control the data paths and registers on the M7239), but it also uses microcode stored on the KE11-E, to control registers and data paths elsewhere.

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