DF10 Data Channel
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The DF10 Data Channel is a channel for the early PDP-10 models (KA10 and KI10) which had the PDP-10 main memory bus as a standard bus. It can connect to multi-port memory banks either directly, or via an MX10 Memory Data Multiplexor. It is also connected to the system's I/O bus, to allow the CPU to control it.
It has limited capabilities, compared to most channels from other manufacturers: it supports only the following types of channel command words:
- End of program
- Jump to new CCW list
- Discard data
- Transfer data to/from memory
It is used with device controllers such as the RP10 disk controller, TM10 Magnetic Tape Control, and RH10 MASSBUS controller.
