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The '''TU56 DECtape Transport''' is an enhanced, dual-drive successor to the [[TU55 DECtape Transport|TU55]]  [[DECtape]] [[magnetic tape drive]].
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The '''TU56 DECtape Transport''' is an enhanced successor to the [[TU55 DECtape Transport|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.
  
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[[Image:TU56Boards.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Internals of a TU56 drive]]
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==Card locations and counts==
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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):
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{| class="wikitable"
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! Slot !! A !! B !! Use
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|-
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| 1 || colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | G848 || Left forward
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|-
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| 2 || colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | G848 || Left reverse
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| 3 || G859 || G847
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|-
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| 4 || M941 || M922%
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| 5 || M531 || M113
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| 6 || M908 || M113
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| 7 || M908 || M117
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| 8 || M040 || M302
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| 9 || colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | G851%
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| 10 || colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | W032#
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| 11 || colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | W032#
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| 12 || colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | G851%
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| 13 || G888* || G888*
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| 14 || G888* || G888*
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| 15 || M040 || G888*
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| 16 || M117 || M113
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| 17 ||   || M922%
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| 18 || M941 || G847
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| 19 || colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | G848 || Right forward
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|-
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| 20 || colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | G848 || Right reverse
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|}
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(% = Connector)<br>
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(# = TU56H only)<br>
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(* = Optional, not used standard controllers)
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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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[[Image:TU56Boards.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Internals of a TU56 drive]]
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{| class="wikitable"
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! Count !! Type !! Description
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|-
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| 1 || G742# || Positive Logic Jumper Card
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|-
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| 2& || G847 || Dual Motor Voltage Control
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|-
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| 4& || G848 || Motor Control
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|-
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| 2& || G851 || Relay
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|-
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| 1 || G859 || Clock Regulator
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|-
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| 5 || G888* || Manchester Reader/Writer
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|-
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| 2& || M040 || Solenoid Driver
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| 3& || M113 || 10x2 Input NAND Gate
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| 2& || M117 || 6x4 Input NAND Gate
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| 1 || M302 || Dual Delay MV
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| 1 || M531# || Bus Converter
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| 2 || M908 || Connector
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| 2& || M922 || Cable Connector
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|-
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| 1 || M923* || Cable Connector
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|-
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| 2& || M941% || Jumper Card
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| 2 || W032 || Cable Connector
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|}
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(& = dual drive; half this in a single drive)<br>
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(# = M531 is used with a negative logic controller; G742 with a positive logic controller)<br>
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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 standard controllers)
  
 
==External links==
 
==External links==

Revision as of 15:37, 26 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 standard controllers)

Module counts

Module counts (drawn from the module count chart, 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 standard controllers)

External links

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