KD11-B CPU

The KD11-B PDP-11 CPU for the PDP-11/05 and PDP-11/10 was a two-board micro-programmed processor contained on two hex cards. The basic micro-code was 40 bits wide, including 8 bits of 'next micro-instruction address', 4 bits of 'branch micro-test', and 5 bits of 'ALU control'.

Like other early, low-cost PDP-11s, it did not support either hardware floating point, or EIS. It did include an asynchronous serial line console port, but only 20mA physical layer.

CPU board versions

A KD11-B M7260 Data Paths card, etch revision C

The two boards in the KD11-B (the M7260 Data Paths module, and the M7261 Control Logic module) both come in two markedly-different versions, but unlike later practise (as in, e.g. the PDP-11/34), the two versions are not given different M-numbers, or clearly marked with a revision (i.e. 'M7260' and 'M7260-YA') on the handles.

One easy way to visually distinguish the early M7260 from later ones is that the later ones (image at right) contain a circular selector switch in the upper left corner to select the baud rate of the built-in serial line; also, the position of the large UART chip has a different location (from down near the contact fingers, to up near the handles) and orientation (parallel to the board's long axis, in the earlier revision).

For the M7261, the early version of the board (image below) has a large blank area, containing only traces, in the left middle area of the board. The early version also has the traces laid out by hand; the later is automagically routed.

A KD11-B M7261 Control Logic card, etch revision E

The early revision of the M7260 is the 'B' revision; the later is the 'C' revision (the latter is marked as such, on the back side of the board- "M7260C"). For the M7261, two early revisions are the 'C' and 'E' revisions (the latter also similarly marked - "M7261E"); the later is the 'F' (also marked).

The early version of the M7260 only supports 110 baud operation; the latter has a circular selector switch which allows operation at a range of speeds from 110 baud up to 2400 baud; however, it is necessary to tweak a trim pot to change from the 110/220/440/880/1760 speed set to the 150/300/600/1200/2400 set.

Jumpers

A KD11-B M7261 Control Logic card, etch revision F

The later revision of the M7261 contains two jumpers which are not present on the earlier revision.

One (W1), when installed, disables the built-in serial line (which is 20mA, and limited to 2400 baud), allowing use of a more capable serial interface as the system console. The other (W2), when installed, disables the CPU from acting as a bus arbitrator, so that the machine can be a 'slave' processor, on a UNIBUS controlled by another CPU.

They are not labeled, which makes them impossible to find without external information. With the board component face up, and the contact fingers at the bottom, W1 is immediately to the right of E69, and W2 is immediately to the right of E73.

Control PROMs

The KD11-B makes extensive use of PROMs in place of random logic for control purposes; both boards contain a large number of PROMs, in 32x8 and 256x4 formats.

The two types used on the M7260 are Intersil IM5600 32x8 PROM (IM5600C or equivalent; DEC also used MMI 6630C's, and Signetics N8223B's); and the 74187 256x4 PROM (DEC also used Intersil IM5603C's, and MMI 6108's and 4107's).

On the M7261, the IM5600 was used (DEC also used Signetics N82S23N's and N8223B's, and MMI 6330-1's), along with the Intersil IM5603 256x4 PROM (DEC also used Signetics 82S26N's [possibly a mis-print on the chip] and 82S126N's, MMI 6300-1's, 6300D's, 6111's and 6116's, and National DM74S387N's).

For the M7260 Data Paths board, the following table provides information on the PROMs on the early version (etch revision B) and late version (etch revision C). On the later version, the parts are all the same parts as the previous revision, but the chip numbering system for the board has been completely revised.

Part #	Type	Rev. B	Rev. C
A01A1	32x8	E25	E44
A02A1	32x8	E53
A03A1	32x8	E61	E54
A03A2	256x4	E59	E72
A04A1	32x8	E64	E65
A05A1	32x8	E66	E59
A06A1	32x8	E68	E66
A08A1	32x8	E69	E78
A10A1	32x8	E71	E77
A11A1	32x8	E74	E83
A12A1	32x8	E82	E69

For the M7261 Control Logic and Microprogram board, the following table provides information on the PROMs on the early version (etch revisions C and E) and late version (etch revision F). On the later version, the parts are mostly the same parts as the previous revision, but the chip numbering system for the board has been completely revised.

Function	Type	Part #	Rev. C	Rev. E	Rev. F
Bus Request -> Grant processing	256x4	A01A2	E12		E24
Internal address decode (first stage)	256x4	A02A2	E30		E53
Microprogram - Next instruction (high bits)	256x4	A04A2	E92		E102
Microprogram - Processor Status Word control	256x4	A05A2	E93		E104
Internal address decode (second stage)	32x8	A07A1	E68		E71
Microprogram - Bus control	256x4	A07A2	E95
		A17A2		E95	E106
Internal address decode (second stage)	32x8	A09A1	E69		E72
Branch utest service	256x4	A09A2	E101		E107
Microprogram - Next instruction (low bits)	256x4	A10A2	E103		E112
Microprogram - ALU operation select	256x4	A11A2	E104		E114
Microprogram - Branch utest	256x4	A12A2	E105
		A18A2			E113
Internal interrupt acknowledge	32x8	A13A1	E90		1
Microprogram - Multiplexor control	256x4	A13A2	E106		E115
Console switch control	32x8	A14A1	E100		E1082
		A16A1		E1003
Microprogram - Bus control	256x4	A14A2	E107
		A19A2			E116
Microprogram - ALU control	256x4	A15A2	E94
		A20A2			E103
Microprogram - Miscellaneous	256x4	A16A24	E96		E105

Notes:

1 - Note that the later version of this board (the 'F' etch revision) has one less PROM than the earlier; it was replaced by a 74154 4->16 demultiplexor (at E110).

2 - The later version of the board appears to have reverted to an A14A1 (both the parts list, and drawing, show an A14A1); the reason is unknown.

3 - For the 'E' etch revision, the actual drawing shows an A14A1 at location E100, not an A16A1, but the latter one is in the parts list.

4 - It appears that on an earlier revision of the prints, the chip in E96 (A16A2 in the C etch revision) was actually a different version, A8A2; the prints for the 'C' etch revision show the first one in the parts list, but the latter one in the actual drawing.

Prints

Prints for both major versions of the CPU cards are available online; the earlier ones may be found in the GT40 Engineering Drawings set dated February, 1973 (pp. 141-150 for the M7260, and pp. 162-173 for the M7261).

The following table contains details of exactly which board etch revisions are covered in which sets of prints (for both boards), and also the revision levels of the:

• Microprogram Flow
• Microprogram Symbolic Listing
• Microprogram Binary Listing

included in each print set:

Drawing Set	Date	M7260	M7261	Flow	Symbolic	Binary
PDP-11/05 Engineering Drawings, Revision B (not online yet)	May, 1972	B	C	B	B	B
GT40 Engineering Drawings	February, 1973	B	E	B	C	C
PDP-11/05S System Engineering Drawings, Revision D	October, 1974	C	F	C	E	E
PDP-11/05 Engineering Drawings, Revision AH	July, 1976	C	F	C	E	E

External links

• KD11-B processor maintenance manual (EK-KD11B-MM-001)
• PDP-11/05 computer manual (DEC-11-H05AA-A-D) - covers the KD11-B in Part II: KD11-B Processor (pp. 70-193 of the PDF)
• PDP-11/05, 11/10 computer manual (DEC-11-H05AA-B-D) - covers the details of the differences between the two generations of CPU cards in Supplement 2: Description of data paths module M7260 revision M and Supplement 3: Description of control logic and microprogram module M7261 revision R (pp. 373-392 of the PDF)
• 16 bit computer (PDP 1105) engineering drawings, Revision AH (covers the KD11-B on pp. 21-113 of the PDF)
• PDP-11/05-S, 11/10-S systems engineering drawings, Revision D (covers the KD11-B on pp. 11-103 of the PDF)