PDP-11/05

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A PDP-11/05 from a sales brochure.


PDP-11/05
Manufacturer: Digital Equipment Corporation
Architecture: PDP-11
Year Introduced: June 1972
Word Size: 16 bit
Physical Address Size: 18 bit (only 16 bits usable)
Bus Architecture: UNIBUS


The PDP-11/05 was the fourth processor in the PDP-11 series, following the PDP-11/20, the PDP-11/45 and the PDP-11/40; it used the KD11-B CPU. It was intended as a cost-reduced low-end machine to replace the PDP-11/20. Like all the other early PDP-11's, it was a UNIBUS machine.

The PDP-11/05 was identical to the PDP-11/10; the only difference between the /05 and the /10 was the number on the front panel. The /05 was aimed toward the OEM market, while the /10 was intended for end-users. General usage (following DEC's lead) is to refer to all these machines as '11/05s'.

The KD11-B was a two-board micro-programmed processor contained on two hex cards.

Backplane versions

The PDP-11/05 and /10 came in three versions, with different main backplanes (the 9-slot unit holding the two CPU cards).

The original /05 and /10 came with backplanes wired to hold MM11-L 16 Kbyte core memory units. There were two different backplanes: one held two memory units, with one slot left for SPC devices; the other held one memory unit, and provided four SPC slots.

A second version, the /05N and /10N, came in a 10-1/2 inch box and had a slightly different backplane, which had space for two MM11-L memory units, but deleted the SPC slot of the previous double MM11-L backplane, and replaced it with a slot to hold the dual-height M9970 console terminal cable board.

The later /05S and /10S came with a backplane wired to hold an MM11-U 32 Kbyte core memory, and which provided three SPC slots.

CPU board versions

The two boards in the PDP-11/05-10 (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-AA') on the handles.

One easy way to visually distinguish the early M7260 from later ones is that the later ones 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 (parellel to the board's long axis, in the earlier revision). For the M7261, the early version of the board has a large blank area, containing only traces, in the left middle area of the board.

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.

The later revision of the M7261 contains two jumpers which are not present on the earlier revision. One (W1) disables to 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) 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.

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. The two types used are IM5600 (or equivalent) 32x8 PROM, and the IM5603 256x4 PROM.

On the later versions of the M7261 Control Logic and Microprogram board:

Part Number Package Type
A01A2 E12 256x4
A02A2 E30 256x4
A04A2 E92 256x4
A05A2 E93 256x4
A07A1 E68 32x8
A07A2 E95 256x4
A09A1 E69 32x8
A09A2 E101 256x4
A10A2 E103 256x4
A11A2 E104 256x4
A12A2 E105 256x4
A13A1 E90 32x8
A13A2 E106 256x4
A14A1 E100 32x8
A14A2 E107 256x4
A15A2 E94 256x4
A16A2 E96 256x4

Keys

Unlike all the other PDP-11s, which use a circular Ace key, the /05's (and /10s) use a normal flat Yale-type key. The original key is a Chicago Lock Company key, code "GRB 2"; this is cut 215, on a Chicago K5K or Ilco S1041T blank. If simply duplicating an existing key, Hillman Y11 and FR4 blanks may be used (both work, but one has to be trimmed a bit, length-wise).

Gallery

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