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  • Memory: Includes 16K bytes of Random Access Memory (RAM)
    2 KB (326 words) - 03:10, 23 May 2023
  • * [[ACCESS]], an on-line query system, allowing user-friendly access to a data-base via interactive terminals.
    7 KB (950 words) - 12:59, 23 August 2016
  • ...had a priority from 0 to 3. A program on a lower ring was never allowed to access the pages on a higher ring. Programs which ran on rings 2 and 3 could use t ...rupt priority level|interrupt priority]] of the device. In [[Direct Memory Access|DMA]] transfers the device would send a "REQUEST". The CPU would answer wit
    8 KB (1,313 words) - 13:52, 11 July 2023
  • For [[Direct Memory Access|DMA]], [[mass storage]] peripherals connected directly to memories (PDP-10 * [https://archive.computerhistory.org/resources/access/text/2023/07/102737607-05-19-acc.pdf DECsystem-10 Technical Summary/DECSYST
    11 KB (1,640 words) - 20:59, 8 March 2024
  • ...s used. With this clever combination, a program running in one field could access data in the same field by direct addressing, or data in another field with All supported [[Direct Memory Access|DMA]], called "data break" in the PDP-8's. There were two types.
    22 KB (3,497 words) - 19:34, 29 November 2022
  • ...computers began to share memory between several CPUs. On these computers, access to the bus had to be prioritized, as well. The classic, simple way to prioritize interrupts or bus access was with a [[daisy chain]].
    14 KB (2,170 words) - 05:09, 5 September 2019
  • hackers interested in operating systems and 386's with access to minix. >happening. However, for the time being I am without FTP access so I don't
    28 KB (4,805 words) - 18:01, 29 February 2024
  • ...the drum to fetch it. And another 16ms if a complete turn was necessary to access the data address, y-addr. From this it is clear how a dedicated programmer
    4 KB (647 words) - 20:59, 18 March 2024
  • ...tion on system state. DCL includes [[Conditional statement|IF-THEN-ELSE]], access to all the [[Record Management Services|RMS]] file types including stream,
    6 KB (913 words) - 18:07, 16 December 2018
  • ...chnique sometimes used on computers whose [[main memory]] was not [[random access]], but sequential (such as [[delay line]]- and [[drum]]-based memory).
    2 KB (229 words) - 22:13, 24 March 2024
  • Otherwise, from BASIC, you access the monitor by running: === Single Address Memory Access ===
    2 KB (282 words) - 16:55, 16 December 2018
  • ...OM on the [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]] board, which prevents multi-user access to these computers.
    3 KB (380 words) - 07:06, 31 January 2024
  • ...Level 8505 - Tur(n)key Level 4- Version 1.00, update 08 - Explains how to access the publicly available online demo system as well as a link to the download
    1 KB (209 words) - 13:43, 1 November 2021
  • ...direct download on sourceforge.net]. To use uudeocde to decode it, simply access the [[boot42|article]], and copy the contents of the quoted text (the begin
    13 KB (2,064 words) - 18:04, 5 August 2017
  • /usr/chris/dungeon/dtext.dat Text file in random access-format
    21 KB (3,303 words) - 07:30, 6 September 2023
  • ...uploaded a copy onto this wiki in uuencoded format. To decode it, simply access the [[boot42|article]], and copy the contents of the quoted text (the begin
    14 KB (2,318 words) - 06:15, 1 September 2018
  • *Access to Host OS filesystems using BetaDOS or MiNT native XFS driver
    1 KB (155 words) - 10:09, 16 May 2013
  • ...with each other, and to use each other's machines. In those halcyon days, access was unrestricted; you could get on from any machine connected to the net, o .... jargon) could somehow be brought to more people. But very few people had access to the large computers that could run Zork. More and more people were begin
    38 KB (6,681 words) - 16:32, 19 December 2018
  • ...] release. IBM had done their best to tune OS/2 to run in 4MB of [[Random Access Memory|RAM]] on a 386SX CPU. Warp also included the 'bonus pack' which inc These are the ones I currently have access to, or directly know about:
    22 KB (3,500 words) - 04:39, 13 January 2024
  • ...'''DASD''', is [[International Business Machines|IBM]] jargon for [[random access]] [[secondary storage]] devices, such as [[floppy disk]]s, hard [[disk]]s,
    277 bytes (37 words) - 14:50, 25 August 2021

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