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  • ...[[architecture]]. When memory management is enabled, the basic 64 Kbyte [[address space]] of the [[PDP-11 architecture]] is divided into 8 '[[segment]]s' (th ...in 0100 (64.) byte increments. Segments can grow either up from their base address, or down; the latter to accomodate PDP-11 [[stack]]s, which typically grow
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  • ...ctionality: when enabled, the UNIBUS map allows 8 Kbyte blocks of UNIBUS [[address space]] to be mapped to 8 Kbyte blocks (there is no ability to limit the si ...w-order register has only 15, since the block cannot be assigned to an odd address.)
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  • ...cal [[main memory]], while the [[program|computation]] which is using that address space is running. ...ivate to that user/process. (Early [[memory management]] systems such as [[base and bounds]] [[register]]s provided this feature alone.)
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  • The scratchpad has a built-in [[address]] multiplexor, so address lines from a variety of sources are all fed directly into it; see the "Keys ...rator which checks to see whether cycles are in the 'Simple' part of the [[address space]].)
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  • ...choices for [[floating point]] support (full [[FP11 floating point]]): the base DCJ11 [[integrated circuit|chip]], which implements floating point using [[ ...y used diagnostic 'trick' is to store very small test programs in the Page Address Registers of the [[PDP-11 Memory Management]] unit. This is typically used
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  • A '''virtual address''' is an address emitted by [[object code|code]] running when it is not running on a 'bare m Originally this protection was provided by '[[base and bounds]] [[register]]s', which allowed the entire memory of a user/proc
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  • /BASE:{address|@filename,key}
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  • /BASE:{address|@filename,key}
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  • /BASE:{address|@filename,key}
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  • | physical address = 18 bits | virtual address = 18 bits
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  • | physical address = 4 megabytes * The lower 16 registers can be used as base or index registers for addressing.
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  • ...ic [[object code]]. Rather than being in [[binary]] (expressed in whatever base), it instead uses mnemonics to indicate the [[instruction]]s (e.g. 'ADD'), ...n't need to be modified as the program is changed (changing the [[absolute address]]es at which their targets reside).
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  • ...f a pair of [[register]]s which gave the location in [[main memory]] (the 'base') of the [[user]]'s allocated memory area, and another which set a limit on ...that limit was in terms of actual main memory, or in terms of the user's [[address space]], depended on the details of the hardware implementation, and was on
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  • | physical address = 17 bits (128K words) | virtual address = 12 bits (direct), 15 bits (indirect), 17 bits (indexed)
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  • ...ocess]] is allowed to use. In other words, it controls what the process' [[address space]] looks like. ...ich makes allocation of physical memory much simpler - unlike in earlier [[base and bounds]] memory management.
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  • ...es, the source of any given cycle). It then produced cycles to relocated [[address]]es on a separate [[Extended UNIBUS]]; the latter could hold stock EUB memo ...e PAR to use for any given memory cycle is selected based on the [[virtual address]], the CPU's current mode (Kernel, User, etc), and, for machines which supp
    9 KB (1,569 words) - 15:47, 6 February 2024
  • | A || colspan=2 | P || colspan=3 | 1 || colspan=8 | Unused || colspan=22 | Address | colspan=3 | P || colspan=3 | S || colspan=8 | Word count || colspan=22 | Address
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  • ...e page could be independently directed to a window in the selected UNIBUS' address space, controlled by the page's mapping register: | Relocation || 16 || Base address on UNIBUS
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  • ...rating modes for the [[CPU]], "user" and "monitor" (or "executive") to the base "normal" mode (in which the machine operated ''almost'' exactly as a normal * The user's [[address space]] was divided into 8 [[segment]]s (each 2K [[word]]s long), each of w
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  • '''Swapping''' is the term for moving the contents of a [[process]]' [[address space]], as a unitary entity, back and forth between [[main memory]] and [[ ...did not support paging, i.e. those which did [[memory management]] using [[base and bounds]] [[register]]s.
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