PDP-11/84
The PDP-11/84 is the UNIBUS-capable twin to the QBUS-only PDP-11/83. Both used the KDJ11-B CPU (with its PMI bus); the -11/84 added a KTJ11-B QBUS->UNIBUS adapter to provide its UNIBUS, and had a backplane which was half QBUS, and half UNIBUS.
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Quoting: Introduced in 1988. Based on the J-11 chip set, DEC originally wanted the clock speed to be 20MHz, but it couldn't be done on time, so the actual speed was 18MHz. It was the fastest CPU of the PDP-11's anyhow. The high-end configuration had up to 4MB RAM on PMI (Private Memory Interconnect) and a floating-point accelerator.
The UNIBUS-based PDP-11/84 was for those customers, who wanted more I/O throughput or had some legacy equipment.
The box on the picture to the left is a BA123 which was a popular enclosure for qbus machines. Apart from the 12x4-slot qbus backplane, it had five slots for storage units, e.g. room for two or three harddisks, a tape drive (TK50 here) and floppy.
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| UNIBUS PDP-11s - PDP-11/20 • PDP-11/15 • PDP-11/35 • PDP-11/40 • PDP-11/45 • PDP-11/50 • PDP-11/55 • PDP-11/70 PDP-11/05 • PDP-11/10 • PDP-11/04 • PDP-11/34 • PDP-11/60 • PDP-11/44 • PDP-11/24 • PDP-11/84 • PDP-11/94 QBUS PDP-11s - PDP-11/03 • PDP-11/23 • PDP-11/23+ • MicroPDP-11/73 • MicroPDP-11/53 • MicroPDP-11/83 • MicroPDP-11/93 QBUS CPUs: LSI-11 • LSI-11/2 • KDF11-A • KDF11-B • KDJ11-A • KDJ11-B • KDJ11-D • KDJ11-E Buses: UNIBUS • UNIBUS map • SPC • MUD • EUB • QBUS • CD interconnect • PMI Also: PDP-11 architecture • PDP-11 Extended Instruction Set • FP11 floating point • PDP-11 Memory Management |
| UNIBUS CPUs: KA11 • KC11 • KB11-A • KB11-B • KB11-C • KB11-D • KD11-A • KD11-B • KD11-D • KD11-E • KD11-EA • KD11-K • KD11-Z • KDF11-U
Co-processors: FP11-A • FP11-B • FP11-C • FP11-E • FP11-F • KE44-A • FPF11 Chips: LSI-11 • KEV11-A • KEV11-B • KEV11-C • F-11 • KEF11-A • KTF11-A • T-11 • J-11 • FPJ11 CPU options: KE11-E • KE11-F • KJ11-A • KT11-C • KT11-D • KK11-A • KK11-B • KT24 • KTJ11-B Rare CPU options: KS11 Memory Protection and Relocation option • KT11-B Paging Option • KUV11 Writeable Control Store Front panels: KY11-A • KY11-D • KY11-J • KY11-LA • KY11-LB • KY11-P More on buses: UNIBUS and QBUS termination • Bus Arbitration on the Unibus and QBUS • CTI BUS PDT-11s - PDT-11/110 • PDT-11/130 • PDT-11/150 CTI PDP-11s - PRO-325 • PRO-350 • PRO-380 Other: FIS floating point • PDP-11 Commercial Instruction Set • PDP-11 stacks • PDP-11 family differences |
