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PDP-11 communication device.
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The '''PCL11 Communications System''' was a [[communication link]], effectively a [[local area network]], which could connect together up to 16 [[PDP-11]]s. The [[physical network]] was a [[time-division]] [[bus]], with one of the interfaces serving as a 'TDM Bus Master', setting the timing (another could be designated as the 'Secondary Master', in case the primary was powered down or dis-connected).
  
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There was only one [[network interface]] for it, the [[UNIBUS]] [[PCL11-B interface unit]].
  
(I believe this was used with the MIT AI lab PDP-10 CHAOS-11 to hook up to Ethernet.)
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==External links==
  
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* [http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/unibus/pcl11/YM-A005A_PCL11-B_Brochure_Mar78.pdf PCL11 Product Bulletin]
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* [http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/unibus/pcl11/YC-A20TC-01_PCL11_Comm_Sys_General_Intro_Feb79.pdf PCL11 General Introduction]
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[[Category: DEC Networking]]

Latest revision as of 15:37, 9 June 2022

The PCL11 Communications System was a communication link, effectively a local area network, which could connect together up to 16 PDP-11s. The physical network was a time-division bus, with one of the interfaces serving as a 'TDM Bus Master', setting the timing (another could be designated as the 'Secondary Master', in case the primary was powered down or dis-connected).

There was only one network interface for it, the UNIBUS PCL11-B interface unit.

External links