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  • | DAP: Data Access Protocol<BR> ! Data link
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  • ...]] lines (to reduce the pin count), as opposed to the separate address and data lines of the UNIBUS. Another was that although it also supported 4 levels o ...write cycle); and interrupt cycles, in which a device causes the [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]] to perform an interrupt.
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  • ...S]], and thus supported several capabilities: the ability of the [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]] to read and write [[main memory]], and device [[register]]s; and The UNIBUS contained 16 data lines, and 18 [[address]] lines, as well as a number of control lines. The
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  • The [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]] came in two variants: the [[KD11-E CPU|KD11-E]] (M7265 and M7266 | 777711 || Source data
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  • ...duced the [[UNIBUS]] as a universal path to connect together the [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]], [[main memory]] and [[peripheral|devices]]. ...pe puncher/reader. The front panel had lights and switches for address and data (the lights were not LED's).
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  • ...Kbytes of EUB main memory, using a cross-connection path on the [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]] board. If no KT24 was present, the CPU detected its absence, and ...d devices. The two buses were not entirely separated: they shared a set of data lines, but each bus had a separate complete set of address lines. (The lowe
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  • ...relying instead on the UNIBUS, and [[Extended UNIBUS|EUB]]. Its [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]], the [[KD11-Z CPU|KD11-Z]], was the last PDP-11 CPU to be made o ...All devices were attached to a semi-separate UNIBUS (it and the EUB shared data lines, but not [[address]] lines); [[Direct Memory Access|DMA]] devices cou
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  • ...prior to 1976) or [[KB11-D CPU]] (later units) high-performance [[Central Processing Unit|CPUs]], implemented in [[SSI]] [[Schottky TTL]] logic. ...a fast CPU-memory interconnect. It also introduced split I/D (Instruction/Data) spaces (UNIX used this; the DEC operating systems did not), an MMU (Memory
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  • ...IBUS]] [[PDP-11]] system; it basically took the high-performance [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]] of the [[PDP-11/45]] (implemented in [[SSI]] [[Schottky TTL]] lo ...R-xx [[flat cable]]s; two for the [[address]] and control, and two for the data. They run from [[Berg connector]] headers on boards in the KB11 CPU's cache
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  • The [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]] had 8 [[general register|general purpose registers]]; the [[oper ...provide a variety of additional operand types, such as immediate (literal) data, absolute and relative addresses, and stack operations; very impressive on
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  • {{InfoboxVAX-Data The [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]] was the [[KA780 CPU]]. It could take an optional [[floating poin
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  • {{InfoboxVAX-Data ...ocessor|dual processor]] [[VAX]]; it had two [[KA780 CPU|KA780]] [[Central Processing Unit|CPUs]] connected to up to four [[MA780 Multiport Memory Option|MA780]]
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  • {{InfoboxVAX-Data ...ne which connected all the major functional units, including the [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]], [[main memory]], and I/O bus adapters, was the [[CPU/Memory Int
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  • ...'PDP-8/F''' was a cost-reduced version of the -8/E with the same [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]], but only a single OMNIBUS [[backplane]]. The '''PDP-8/M''' is t * KD8-E [[OMNIBUS|Data Break]] Interface
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  • ...ntroduced at around $25 it was the least expensive full-featured [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]] on the market by a considerable margin, costing less than one-si ...witch between 16 [[bank switching|banks]] of 64KB memory. The address bus, data bus, and R/W signal are tri-state, unlike the 6502, and the state is contro
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  • {{InfoboxVAX-Data ...way of extensive [[microcoding]] of the large architecture, the [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]] was shrunk to three [[DEC card form factor|hex]] boards. The mac
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  • * In July, Norsk Data-Elektronikk is founded. * The company changes name from "NORDATA Norsk Data-Elektronikk" to "Norsk Data A/S"
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  • | manufacturer = [[Norsk Data]] ...plications and for [[real-time]] multiprogram systems, produced by [[Norsk Data]]. It was introduced in 1973. The later follow up model, NORD-10/S, introdu
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  • {{InfoboxVAX-Data ...n|DEC]]. It used the [[QBUS]] as its primary [[bus]] between the [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]] (the [[KD32 CPU]]) and [[main memory]], the only [[VAX]] to do s
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  • {{InfoboxVAX-Data ...II''' was a small [[VAX]], with the [[KA630 CPU‎‎]] for its [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]]. Its [[bus]] between the CPU and [[main memory]] was a special b
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  • ...the KS10 were available in [[multi-processor]] versions with two [[Central Processing Unit|CPUs]]. ...ided for the latter; it allowed peripherals to [[interrupt]] the [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]], and supported [[programmed I/O]] (including block transfers).
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  • ...in one field could access data in the same field by direct addressing, or data in another field with indirect addressing. ...ory controller. The 62X1 instuction (CDF, Change Data Field) would set the data field to X. Similarly 62X2, CIF, set the instruction field, 62X3 set both.
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  • In computer [[architecture]], a '''bus''' is a subsystem that transfers data or power between computer components inside a computer or between computers ..., it might take too long for the program to check again, resulting in lost data. Engineers thus arranged for the peripherals to interrupt the CPU. The in
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  • {{InfoboxVAX-Data ...1/785''' was an upgraded version of the [[VAX-11/780|/780]]; its [[Central Processing Unit|CPUs]] used [[Advanced Schottky]] [[logic]]. A /780 could be upgraded
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  • * [http://www.cs.man.ac.uk/CCS/res/res02.htm#d Designing a computer for data processing] - personal memories from John Pinkerton, the principal engineer
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  • {{InfoboxVAX-Data ...kplane. (The [[address space]] of the [[QBUS]] was limited to 4MB, and the data section is only 16 bits wide.)
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  • ...programming languages like MDL (an important influence on modern Lisp) to data bases, electronic mail and artificially intelligent systems -- if only cent ...ms for keeping track of documents, handling electronic correspondence, and processing text. When Zork was added to the list of possibilities, Joel and Marc worke
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  • ...al memory|paging]] [[hardware]] (which that generation of PDP-10 [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]] did not have). It later ran on the [[KL10]] and [[KS10]] models ...n units of either [[character]]s or [[word]]s (although an entire block of data could be transferred by a single [[system call]], if desired). All the usua
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  • command. It is so powerful that it can leave DDT's data bases ("kills") the current job. All the data in it is lost. The $J
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  • immediately read for processing. See the section on the process (text, data, and stack), RES is the current
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  • processing of devices already supported. ........ (and other data from computer) ............
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  • ...mple, operating systems provided [[file system]]s for users to store their data in. ...r could not interfere with another user, so protection of users (and their data, stored on disk) from each other became another function of the operating s
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  • ...the VT100 into [[VT52]] mode (one of the VT series' features) because VT52 processing had less overhead.[1] ...and use every other measure to improve how fast the terminal could process data (see above).
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  • ...r '''i386''' for short) is the 4th generation [[microprocessor]] [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]] from [[Intel]] based on the 8088/8086 CPU. The 386 was a 32-bit ...could only address 16MB of RAM maximum. The 386SX also only could transfer data 16 bits at a time, so reading a 32-bit word took two reads. This basically
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  • ...ls. It was implemented in two [[integrated circuit|chips]] ('Control' and 'Data') carried on a single 60-pin [[Dual Inline Package|DIP]] carrier. ...full [[PDP-11 Memory Management]] architecture (with split Instruction and Data address space support, as well as Supervisor mode). Although it contains bu
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  • ...-only memory|ROM]], [[Random Access Memory|RAM]] was only used for storing data, and this complicated the life of the [[programmer]] somewhat. ...by the Wxx instructions. (Also, the CM-RAM[0123] lines from the [[Central Processing Unit|processor]] chip are used to control "4002 RAM chips".)
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  • ...y Standard Architecture|ISA]] slots, and the 'advanced' [[i286]] [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]]. The IBM AT unlike the [[IBM XT]] is fully 16 bit, with a 16-bit [[data bus]], 24-bit [[address bus]], and 16-bit ISA expansion bus. IBM had also
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  • ...arily found in [[mainframe]] environments, and is used in business [[batch processing]]. * data
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  • ...-JC versions), it is really intended for use with a PMI-capable [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]], such as the [[KDJ11-B CPU|KDJ11-B]]. In systems such as the [[P The memory is arranged as 2 banks, each 16 data bits wide, with 6 additional bits for the ECC. One bank is used to hold [[w
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  • {{InfoboxVAXCPU-Data The '''KA630''' is the [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]] used in [[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]]'s [[MicroVAX II]].
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  • ...anticipated flood of data in digital form which would be generated by new data acquisition techniques. In April 1978, SRC set up a Panel on Astronomical Image and Data Processing under the chairmanship of Professor Mike Disney to ascertain the computing
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  • ...16-bit CPU, which means the internal [[data bus]], along with the external data bus. ...hile it retained the same addressing modes, and instructions, the external data bus was 8 bits wide. The 8088 was the primary CPU found in the [[IBM 5150|
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  • ...tral Processing Unit|CPU]]. It also exists in an 80188 variant (with 8-bit data bus, like the [[Intel 8088]]).
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  • Real Programmers do List Processing in FORTRAN. ...ming language with all sorts of complications. The worst thing about fancy data types is that you have to declare them, and Real Programming Languages, as
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  • # The third is the system of data # Register all of the data, all point system, gdt Table 3
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  • ...grammed I/O]], and thus could present a considerable load on the [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]] when running a high speed line, using [[interrupt]]s. A 64-entry |Transmit Data Register || TDR || 760106
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  • # Based on the maketape.c program and the maketape.data data file. i: Text Processing Tools No
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  • add delay loop to lpa and lpt drivers to allow data port fixed bug in ECHONL processing (andrew)
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  • ...ters for the receive side (one Control and Status Register - CSR - and one data [[buffer]] register), and similarly, two for the transmit side. Each line h ...64-6), and 060 is the base vector. It can be set to [[halt]] the [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]], or [[bootstrap|re-boot]] the system, when a '[[asynchronous ser
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  • ...r]]s for the receive side (one Control and Status Register - CSR - and one data [[buffer]] register), and similarly, two for the transmit side. Each line h That line can be set to [[halt]] the [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]], or [[bootstrap|re-boot]] the system, when a '[[asynchronous ser
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  • ...r]]s for the receive side (one Control and Status Register - CSR - and one data [[buffer]] register), and similarly, two for the transmit side. Each line h ...64-6), and 060 is the base vector. It can be set to [[halt]] the [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]] when a '[[asynchronous serial line|break]]' is seen.
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  • ...open architecture member of the KFKI TPA-family. With a microcoded central processing unit, the speed and performance is due to its efficient instruction set and ...lates the 30-bit SBI addresses to 18-bit UNIBUS addresses, handles DMA and data buffering (The UBA does 4 UNIBUS-cycles on one SBI cycle).
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  • ...y simple. The [[operating system]]'s [[kernel]] (both [[instruction]]s and data) permanently occupies low physical memory; [[process]]es reside above the k ...for one or two (see below) large block(s) containing the kernel's code and data; details of the kernel's address space and main memory layout are given bel
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  • ...PU]] provide nice [[flow chart]]s for the [[microcode]] in these [[Central Processing Unit|CPUs]]; with one tiny exception, the microcode in the two is identical | 026 || 9-I || 322 || Fetch index data
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  • Above, BITBUS, COMMputer, CREDIT, Data Pipeline, FASTPATH, Genius, i, Œ, trademark. MDS(R) is a registered trademark of Mohawk Data Sciences
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  • o Concurrent Processing of Multiple Applications of memory beyond 640KB for applications and data. End users will
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  • Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data British Cataloging in publication Data available
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  • ...ped in the Fall of 1975, was DEC's first cost-reduced [[PDP-11]] [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]], introducing the [[QBUS]], and using the [[LSI-11 chip set]]. It ...component side facing the viewer) is [[KEV11]], μROM 1, μROM 0, Control, Data Path.
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  • ...s]], using the same [[LSI-11 chip set‎]]. It contains only the [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]], and nothing else; it is otherwise identical in functionality to ...ips (from the handle end) is, in fact, [[KEV11]], Control, uROM 1, uROM 0, Data Path (per the KD11-HA print set); the order given in the Handbook is that f
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  • void data type, and several bug fixes. The cc command including ged, a graphical editor, and numerous data
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  • * G110 - [[DEC card form factor|hex-width]] memory control logic and data channels ...planes wired to hold one or more MM11-L sets, in addition to the [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]].
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  • The appropriate UNIBUS signal lines ([[address]], data, etc) were thus wired to the appropriate rows/pins in SPC slots. Other pins ...] and [[PDP-11/34]], on the [[DD11-P backplane]] which holds the [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]] card(s), along with the [[KY11-LB Programmer's Console]] (which
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  • It used four 4-bit wide [[PROM]]s to hold the data. The board occupied [[address]]es 773000-773776 and 765000-765776; a config Other configuration switches controlled which address the [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]] jumped to on power on (a clever kludge, controlled by another co
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  • The [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]] had two main units, the 'E Box' ('Execution') and the 'M Box' (' ...alled; they connect to the E Bus (for control), and also to the C Bus (for data movement). The [[MASSBUS]] can be used to connect a variety of [[disk]] and
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  • ...eripheral Controller|SPC]] slot in the same [[backplane]] as the [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]], and a 20-[[conductor]] [[flat cable]] which connected the two. ...d, a 6-digit [[Light Emitting Diode|LED]] display which showed address and data information, several individual indicator LEDs, and the following function
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  • .../70]] computers ([[KB11-A CPU|KB11-A]] and [[KB11-B CPU|KB11-B]] [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]] variants thereof, respectively); it was the progenitor of the se * M8113 Exponent and Data Path
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  • ...uters (the later [[KB11-D CPU|KB11-D]] and [[KB11-C CPU|KB11-C]] [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]] variants thereof, respectively); it was [[program compatible]] w * M8129 Exponent and Data Path
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  • ...roduced with the [[KDJ11-B CPU]]. It also provides means for the [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]] and a [[KTJ11-B UNIBUS adapter|KTJ11-B]] [[UNIBUS]] adapter to c ...[main memory]], PMI provides two primary modes; i) single- and double-word data reads, and single-word and single-byte writes; ii) block mode, which can re
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  • ...although only a maximum of 64 KBytes is accessable (i.e. in the [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]]'s address space) at any one time. ...anently dedicating scarce memory space in the Exec's address space to such data, or ii) having to change a number of page table entries in the Exec mode pa
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  • The [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]] can be in one of three modes; 'Kernel', 'Supervisor', and 'User' An additional enhancement is that [[instruction]] and data fetches can be set to go to separate 64 Kbyte address spaces, the so-called
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  • ...visible to to user as first-class objects, are supported in the [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]] (in the [[instruction]]s), etc; whereas pages are generally invi ...t size, measured in small units, is often stored in a field as part of the data which describes the segment to the CPU's hardware), whereas with variable p
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  • The '''KA11''' is the [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]] of the [[PDP-11/20]], the first [[PDP-11]]. It was the only PDP- * [[Data path|Data Paths]]
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  • ...[[register]] names must be known, as well as the function of the [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]] and [[peripheral|device]] [[UNIBUS]]es, and also high-level inte [[Image:KT11-B_DataPaths.jpeg|450px|right|Main data paths]]
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  • There are several single-board [[PDP-11]] [[Central Processing Unit|CPUs]] which all use the 'Jaws' [[J-11 chipset]]: ...even if that memory location is faulty - the CPU is getting the (correct) data from the cache.
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  • ...P-11 architecture]]. It was used in the [[KDF11 CPUs]]. The main [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]] was implemented in two [[integrated circuit|chips]] (carried on ...although the KEF11-A is [[microcode]], there are enough pins for both the data [[bus]], and the microcode bus.)
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  • The '''Central Processing Unit''', usually abbreviated as '''CPU''', or simply called a '''processor' Instructions include data-handling instructions (such as arithmetic and logical operations), and cont
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  • ...ion (the 'Control Bus'), and a [[synchronous]] data transfer section (the 'Data Bus'). The two sections operate completely independently. ...sing Unit|CPU]] access to device registers implemented in the devices. The data section is 18 (optionally 16) bits wide, to allow use with both DEC's 36-bi
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  • Instructions in the LINC [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]] could seek to a given block, and then read or write multiple blo The tape contained timing and mark tracks along with three data tracks; the first two allowed not only the ability to re-write individual b
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  • ...a [[Direct Memory Access|DMA]] peripheral to the PDP-8, using the PDP-8 [[data break]] mechanism). A combined [[front panel]] allowed control of both CPUs
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  • ...ch uses tiny rings of magnetic material ('cores', hence the name) to store data; magnetized in one direction, such a core represents a '1' [[bit]], and in ...location in main memory, the location can be read out, with the [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]] telling the memory to wait before the write-back, so the CPU can
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  • '''Main memory''' refers to the [[memory]] from which the [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]] reads its [[instruction]]s as it [[execute]]s them; typically, a ...ata for immediate access by the CPU. Computers which keep instructions and data in the same memory are called 'von Neumann' [[architecture]]s; those which
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  • ...erface boards (an M8158 address buffer board, and either an M8159 or M8164 data buffer board; the M8159 could only be used with 64KB memory modules, wherea [[Image:M8159MK11DBuf.jpg|thumb|250px|right|M8159 Data Buffer card (also with memory bus terminators)]]
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  • As with the FP11 version, it was tightly integrated with the [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]], so that the CPU processed a mix of 'regular' and floating point ...e|regular PDP-11 registers]] as a pointer to load and store floating point data from/to memory; floating point values could only be stored in [[main memory
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  • ...the functionality needed to control the internal operation of a [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]]. ...f the CPU's internal [[hardware]] elements during that microcycle: routing data out of [[register]]s (including internal registers not visible to the progr
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  • ...uad]] board, the M7239, which plugs into a pre-wired slot in the [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]] [[backplane]]. ...but it also uses microcode stored on the KE11-E, to control registers and data paths elsewhere.
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  • | DPR || OVR || FRM || PAR || colspan=4 | Line || colspan=8 | Data ...to the DH11 with a pair of BC08S cables, which carried the 'main' signals (data, etc - i.e. non-modem control); these cables were thus required for both 'l
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  • ...here; they are for a [[peripheral|device]] to gain control of the UNIBUS's data section so that it may perform a [[Direct Memory Access|DMA]] cycle. ...name comes from the fact that the device cannot request that the [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]] perform any action (i.e. an [[interrupt]]) while the device has
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  • ...Processing Unit|CPU]], using [[instruction]]s performed by the CPU to move data - as opposed to [[Direct Memory Access|DMA]], in which the [[peripheral|dev ...', in which the CPU has to regularly check the device to see if it needs a data transfer, and ii) '''interrupt-driven''', where the device causes an [[inte
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  • [[Image:KD11-E M7265.jpg|250px|right|thumb|M7265 Data Paths card]] ...o [[DEC card form factor|hex]] [[printed circuit board]]s, the '''M7265''' Data Paths module and the '''M7266''' Control module. They plugged into a modifi
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  • [[Image:KD11-EA M8265.jpg|250px|right|thumb|M8265 Data Paths card]] ...o [[DEC card form factor|hex]] [[printed circuit board]]s, the '''M8265''' Data Paths module and the '''M8266''' Control module.
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  • ...a larger collection of data, implemented in such a way that access to the data copy in the cache is faster than to that in the large, full store. ...d disk blocks are kept in main memory, and network caches, where copies of data read from the network are kept on the local machine's disk.
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  • ...ing the summer holidays of 1971, Bo Lewendal (system programmer at [[Norsk Data]]) implemented the initial version. It was further developed throughout 197 * Has a [[batch processing]] system
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  • {{InfoboxVAX-Data ...de); and the QBUS only for its [[input/output|I/O]] [[bus]]. Its [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]] was the [[MicroVAX II]]; the [[VCB01 Video Controller]] provided
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  • {{InfoboxVAX-Data ...ange member of the [[VAX 6000 series]] line, the first to provide [[vector processing]].
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  • {{InfoboxVAX-Data The '''VAX 8200''' is a mid-range [[VAX]] dual-[[Central Processing Unit|CPU]] [[multi-processor]] system built around the [[VAX Bus Interconne
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  • {{InfoboxVAX-Data ...s an improved version of the [[VAX 8300]] mid-range [[VAX]] dual-[[Central Processing Unit|CPU]] [[multi-processor]] system built around the [[VAX Bus Interconne
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  • {{InfoboxVAX-Data The '''VAX 8700''' is a single-[[Central Processing Unit|CPU]] version of the [[VAX 8800]].
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  • {{InfoboxVAX-Data The '''VAX 8800''' is a dual-[[Central Processing Unit|CPU]] version of the [[VAX 8700]].
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  • {{InfoboxVAX-Data ...computer models, the difference between them being the number of [[Central Processing Unit|CPUs]] installed in the basic cabinet:
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  • {{InfoboxVAX-Data ...around a unique [[bus]], the [[M-bus]], to which is attached the [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]], [[main memory]], a [[graphics]] adaptor, and an [[input/output|
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  • {{InfoboxVAX-Data ...]] bus. (The [[address space]] of the [[QBUS]] was limited to 4MB, and the data section is only 16 bits wide.)
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  • ...code|binary]] [[instruction]]s and data 'understood' by a given [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]]. These modules, which can be easily modified to operate at any [ In addition to the instructions (in binary form) and data, a relocatable binary module contains other information, needed for the lin
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  • ...level of essentially all computers. It can also refer to numbers or other data stored in this form. ...e low-level form of a computer program which the hardware in the [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]] can interpret directly.
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  • ...rage which is used to temporarily hold data in a 'push-down' fashion; i.e. data can be '''pushed''' onto the stack, and then '''popped''' off of it (in the Modern [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]]s generally dedicate one [[register]] to be a [[stack pointer]],
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  • ...he same: a [[tightly-coupled]] [[multi-processor]], with all the [[Central Processing Unit|CPUs]] sharing access to a collection of [[multi-port memory]] units. '''Note:''' ''The data below is generally sourced from Honeywell documentation, including marketin
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  • ...allest unit of computation which a [[programmer]] can direct the [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]] to perform. ...U (e.g. add the contents of one [[register]] to another, or move a unit of data from a register, to main memory) - those items are instructions. (An instru
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  • ...nded from the 'Monitor' OS used on the [[PDP-6]]. It provided both [[batch processing]] and [[time-sharing]] capabilities. TOPS-10 allowed programs to be separated into data and [[object code]] segments; the latter could be shared by all [[process]]
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  • ...1 can be set under [[software]] control to do [[Direct Memory Access|DMA]] data transfers on either the first or second UNIBUS (UNIBUS 'B'). ...t mode]]; in this mode, the PA and PB UNIBUS [[parity]] lines are used for data bits 16 and 17. The [[PDP-15]] and [[KS10]] made use of this capability, th
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  • ...he main [[backplane]]), to which are attached the [[microcode]]d [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]], the [[main memory]] controller, and two or three [[UNIBUS]] ada ...internal bus; the address is transferred on one cycle, and the associated data on a following cycle.
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  • | caption = PDP-9 at MIT Cognitive Information Processing Group ...nt Corporation|DEC]]'s fourth 18-bit computer, and the first DEC [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]] to use [[microcode]]. A little over 400 were built. It was basic
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  • ...ddress]]ing, and [[channel]]s (called 'Data Synchronizers' at the time). A Data Synchronizer had two channels, to each of which could be attached a [[card ...ww-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/exhibits/mainframe/mainframe_PP709.html 709 Data Processing System] - IBM Archive page
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  • ...acts as an I/O [[front end]], partially to offload the PDP-15's [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]], but also to allow PDP-15 systems access to devices which did no * A data channel between the two CPUs, which allows them to interrupt each other; th
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  • The MX15-B allowed the PDP-11 (both the [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]], and [[Direct Memory Access|DMA]] devices on the PDP-11's [[UNIB ...ers]] over it; they used the two UNIBUS [[parity]] lines for the two extra data bits of the 18-bit PDP-15. The two extra bits were not used by the PDP-11 o
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  • The '''KD11-A''' [[PDP-11]] [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]] for the [[PDP-11/35]] and [[PDP-11/40]] was a multi-board [[micr * M7231 - Data Paths
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  • The ENABLE took an incoming UNIBUS segment, containing the [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]] and all [[Direct Memory Access|DMA]] [[peripheral controller|dev ...rt [[PDP-11 Memory Management|Split I+D]], whether it is an instruction or data fetch.
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  • The '''DL10 PDP-11 Data Link''' connects [[PDP-10]] [[mainframe]]s to [[PDP-11]]s used as communica ...]ses (allowing it to be controlled by both processors in a multi-[[Central Processing Unit|CPU]] system). So, it could be connected to [[KA10]]s and [[KI10]]s, b
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  • ...s) did not have access to the KA10's memory (unlike with the [[DL10 PDP-11 Data Link|DL10]] and [[DTE20 Ten-Eleven Interface|DTE20]], similar devices). ...particular alignment of the window on the UNIBUS side was necessary; the [[data path]] for the [[address]] must have contained an [[adder]].)
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  • ...boards (equal to the [[word]] length of the machine) formed the [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]]. To minimize the initial basic cost, it had an [[input/output|I/ ...data.computerhistory.org/brochures/dec.pdp-5.1964.102646094.pdf Programmed Data Processor-5] - marketing brochure from DEC
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  • The '''KD11-B''' [[PDP-11]] [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]] for the [[PDP-11/05]] and [[PDP-11/10]] was a two-board [[microc [[Image:KD11-B M7260C.jpg|250px|right|thumb|A KD11-B M7260 Data Paths card, etch revision C]]
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  • ...[[secondary storage]] which is permanently accessible; some other form of data storage, intended for off-line storage (e.g. [[magnetic tape]]); or communi ...]] or [[Direct Memory Access|DMA]] to get data in and out of the [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]] and/or [[main memory]], and [[interrupt]]s to get the CPU to pay
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  • ...n computer architecture, a word may denote data processed by the [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]], an instruction, an address, or the unit by which [[main memory]
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  • ...running under SINTRAN, providing the user with the possibility of [[batch processing]] [[job]]s and / or activities in "conversational mode" while they use SINT [[Category: Norsk Data Software]]
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  • The Alto's 16-bit-wide [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]] was [[microcode]]d (which resulted in it being called the machin ...RAM]] microcode memory. (The basic ROM microcode more or less emulated a [[Data General]] [[Nova]].) Some Alto IIs supported a second 1KW of PROM microcode
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  • ...e physically separately connected to multiple clients (typically [[Central Processing Unit|CPUs]], [[channel]]s, [[Direct Memory Access|DMA]] [[device controller ...ntention ever happens (since each port has its own private copy of all the data). If more than one port can write, however, contention may arise in the wri
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  • ...ords each (to reduce access times over fewer, larger lines). The [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]] operated in digit-serial mode (i.e. a digit at a time), to match ...nly [[input/output]] devices were [[magnetic tape]] units, the 'UNISERVO'. Data could be transferred to and from tape with off-line [[peripheral]]s which a
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  • ...[[secondary storage|data storage]] in the early period of computer usage. Data was stored in them by the presence, or absence, of holes punched in pre-det ...became a world-wide colossus before World War II on its dominance of card processing.
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  • The '''KB11-A''' [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]] is the earlier CPU for the [[PDP-11/45]]. The optional [[FP11-B * M8100 Data and Address Paths
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  • A '''multi-processor''' is a system with more than one [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]]. There are a tremendous range of designs, from 'tightly-coupled' * MIMD - 'multiple instruction streams, multiple data sets'
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  • ...card (the '''M7093'''), which plugs into a dedicated slot in the [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]]'s [[backplane]]. The CPU and the FPP interact over two [[tri-state]] [[data path]]s, one for data, and another for the [[microcode]] [[Program Counter|PC]]. The CPU and FPP
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  • The '''KD11-Z CPU''' was the [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]] of the [[PDP-11/44]]; the terminal letter code 'Z' was a tip to ...devices were attached to a semi-separate [[UNIBUS]] (it and the EUB shared data lines, but not address lines); [[Direct Memory Access|DMA]] devices could g
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  • The '''KB11-B''' [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]] is the earlier CPU for the [[PDP-11/70]]. It is heavily based on * M8130 Data Paths
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  • ...'s main [[bus]], with the display memory directly visible to the [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]] as [[main memory]]. Due to the intimate relationship with the re | 1971 || [[Data Disc]] || [[Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory|Stanford AI Lab]] |
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  • ...is then used in some way - perhaps saved in [[main memory]] or a [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]] [[register]] for use later in the [[program]].
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  • ...] in the [[PDP-8 family|PDP-8]] line; it apparently had the same [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]] as the -8/I. ...differed from the MC-8/I of the PDP-8/I in that the Instruction Field and Data Field [[register]]s were only one bit wide, not three bits as in the MC-8/I
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  • ...or]]s, the 4th generation in that line. It is basically the same [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]] as the 386, but includes an 8K byte [[cache]], and optionally (i ...he two used in the 386, speeding it up considerably. Its [[main memory]] [[data bus]] is 32 [[bit]]s wide, the same as the 386.`
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  • Externally, it is functionally the same [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]] as the 486, but includes a number of internal improvements to in ...[[cache]]s, one each for [[object code|code]] and data, so that [[loop]]s processing large [[array]]s will not empty the cache.
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  • ...it of work for a computer; e.g. an [[application]] together with its input data, often for a [[batch operating system]]. ...at contained a program (typically in [[object code]] form), along with the data to be processed by that program. The operator would pass the job to the com
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  • The '''IBM 650''' (formally the '''Type 650 Magnetic Drum Data-Processing Machine''') was one of [[International Business Machines|IBM]]'s first comp ...serial, not bit-, though). The two internal [[register]]s in the [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]] (a 10-digit 'distributor', and a 20-digit [[accumulator]]) used
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  • ...though), and had three internal word-length [[register]]s in the [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]]; they used [[magnetic field|magnetic]] [[memory]]. Decimal [[flo ...[[magnetic tape drive]]s could be connected to a 7070, via two separate [[data channel]]s; the 729II could read 15,000 characters per second, the 729IV co
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  • ...ny buses contain an address bus as part of their structure, along with a [[data bus]], etc.
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  • A '''superscalar''' [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]] [[architecture]] is one which has more than one [[logic]] unit w ...er renaming]] is used to allow the later one to start as soon as its input data is available, but using a different physical register.
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  • ...put/output|I/O]] operations, off-loading that work from the main [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]]; they are connected to [[peripheral]]s, and usually have direct ...nsiderably from manufacturer to manufacturer: for instance, the Peripheral Processing Units of the [[CDC 6600]] are effectively channels, but they are essentiall
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  • The '''LSI-11 chip set''' [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]] [[integrated circuit|chip]] set is used in the [[LSI-11 CPUs]] - The chip set consists of a [[data path]] chip, a control chip, and two or three [[microcode]] [[Read-only mem
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  • ...in [[main memory]], and start, [[halt]] and [[single-step]] the [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]]; it also displays substantial amount of information as the machi The 'Address' and 'Data' indicator arrays display memory [[address]]es and data.
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  • ...''' is a technique used in the implementation of [[superscalar]] [[Central Processing Unit|processors]], particularly in those using [[out-of-order execution]], ...sters, more than can be named in the instructions - use of these keeps the data in the CPU, where it is quickly accessible. Register renaming is however ne
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  • ...omething happens it can't recover from; or after [[halt]]ing the [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]]. ...nd the per-process kernel [[stack]]), as well as the user's data (both the data area, and the user stack) in a single contiguous block in main memory, and
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  • The '''KD11-K''' was the [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]] of the [[PDP-11/60]]. It provided the [[PDP-11 Memory Management * Data Path (M7874)
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  • ...ovided to protect the memory contents; an MF20 44-[[bit]] word contains 36 data bits, 6 ECC bits, 1 bit of ECC [[parity]], and 1 spare bit. The MF20 can be
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  • ...essing where one [[bit]] is handled at a time, with successive bits in any data item (such as a [[word]]) being handled in later time slots. ...and the [[arithmetic logic unit|ALU]] in a [[serial computer]]'s [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]], which would have only a single-bit adder, and to add two number
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  • ...[[Central Processing Unit|CPU]] bus, and used custom [[microcode]] to move data to and from [[main memory]]. It was [[full-duplex]], but included no [[buff
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  • ...there; they are for a [[peripheral|device]] to gain control of the QBUS's data section so that it may perform a [[Direct Memory Access|DMA]] cycle. The [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]] may not perform ''any'' action (i.e. an [[interrupt]]) while the
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  • The base unit included a [[CPU|Central Processing Unit]], a small amount of [[main memory]], two digital cassette [[magnetic ...have an 8-bit [[operation code]], and an optional single byte of immediate data, or two bytes of [[address]].
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  • The '''KA780 CPU''' was the [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]] for the [[VAX-11/780]]. | 13 || M8229 || DAP || Data Path
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  • * in each connected [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]] (between 2 and 4), an '''MA780-C Port Interface''', held in anot | 11 || M8212 || MDT || Memory Data Paths
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  • ...s the high-speed bus which connected the major functional units ([[Central Processing Unit|CPU]], [[main memory]], [[Input/output|I/O]] adapters, etc), in early ...me other operation might use some of the slots before the one in which the data is returned.
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  • ...D11-Z CPU]] of the [[PDP-11/44]], a high-speed [[cache]] for the [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]]. Each cache entry was 30 bits wide, containing two data bytes; also a tag field for cache entries, 9 bits wide (covering [[Extended
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  • ...in [[main memory]], and start, [[halt]] and [[single-step]] the [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]]. The 'Address/Data' indicator array display memory [[address]]es and data. The 'Run' light indicates that the CPU is [[execute|executing]] [[instruct
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  • ...KDJ11-D/S''' in the later variant (below), is the third [[QBUS]] [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]] card using the [[J-11 chip set]] of the [[PDP-11]] of the [[KDJ1 ...f the logic into two [[gate array]]s (DC7063 for control, and DC7064 for [[data path]]s), which made room for up to 1.5MB of memory.
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  • ...is thus not supported for MM11-L/MM11-U units in a [[PDP-11/05]] [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]] backplane. On a read cycle, when the memory unit has put the data on the UNIBUS, it asserts that signal; on seeing it, the M7259 then generat
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  • The '''KA750 CPU''' was the [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]] of the [[VAX-11/750]]. It was a [[synchronous]] [[microcode]]d d * L0002 Data Path Module (DPM) - arithmetical and logical functions, micro-sequencer
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  • ...mi-separate [[UNIBUS]], and [[Extended UNIBUS]] used between the [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]] and [[main memory]]; others are part of the connection between t | FN1 || K12-D4 || DATA TERM RDY 2
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  • ...he main [[bus]] which connects the main sub-systems (such as the [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]] and [[main memory]], as well as [[input/output|I/O]] adapters) i ...ns of the CMI are to do priority arbitration for use of the bus, and carry data between the sub-systems, as well as carrying [[interrupt]]s. It is also use
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  • ...nnects all the main sub-systems, such as [[main memory]] and the [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]] (including [[multi-processor]]s); in the others, it is only used ...ully distributed among all the nodes, with no 'master' node), and transfer data between the sub-systems, as well as carrying [[interrupt]]s. It is also use
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  • Such applications include the typical scientific and industrial data processing situations in which the computer's operation has to be precisely synchroniz
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  • {{InfoboxVAX-Data ...r both its [[main memory]] and [[input/output|I/O]] [[bus]]. Its [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]] was the [[MicroVAX I]]; the [[VCB01 Video Controller]] provided
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  • [[File:M7135_DATAPATH.JPG|300px|thumb|rightt|M7135 MicroVAX I Data Path Module (DAP)]] The '''KD32''' (also called the '''KA610''') was the [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]] in the [[MicroVAX I]], and its [[workstation]] form, the [[VAXst
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  • ...l [[instruction]] in the [[object code]]; on systems which interpolate a [[data network]] between components of the system, there are [[protocol]]s which i
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  • The '''KA785 CPU''' was the [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]] for the [[VAX-11/785]]. | 13 || M7471 || DAP || Data Path
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  • ...-volume custom [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]] of the LISP machine (tagged data types; [[garbage collection]]) left them unable to keep up.
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  • * Data Path (DAP - M8390) ...data-handling bus called the Port Bus (again with a 32 bit data path, for data only) runs from the DAP module to the FPA and the [[RB730 Integrated Disk C
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  • ...ources as user and application data disks, printers, and distributed batch processing facilities. ...r resources, though they may also sometimes provide disk serving and batch processing resources.
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  • ...DSA), used with [[PDP-11]]s and with [[VAX]] single and multiple [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]] systems. ...haracteristics, direct its mechanical operation, store data on or retrieve data from it, and recognize and recover from error conditions.
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  • ...n support a total of six disk and/or tape data channels. Each one of these data channels accommodates four cabling bulkhead ports. Maximum disk configurati * Disk Data Channel (L0108-YA or K.sdi) - Supports up to four SDI disk drives (for exam
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  • ...System|BTSS]] [[time-sharing]] system, running on a modified [[Scientific Data Systems|SDS]] [[SDS 930|930]] (eventually resulting in SDS offering the [[S ...done, in 1970, their funding (from the [[mainframe]] leasing company Data Processing Financial & General (DPF&G)) was cut off, and BCC went bankrupt.
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  • ...the overhead of doing a whole [[system call]] for each byte will make the processing of the file a lot slower than using this library. Using this library also a ...he standard library uses [[pointer]]s to [[structure]]s which hold all the data related to a particular file.
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  • ...can be used to hold a segment number; an instruction can specify that its data address is formed from the segment number in an ABR, and an offset in the i ...: it was a [[tightly-coupled]] [[multi-processor]], with all the [[Central Processing Unit|CPUs]] sharing access to a collection of [[multi-port memory]] modules
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  • ...]]s; and it was also involved in commercial data processing (notably check processing for the Bank of America). GE eventually decided to leave the computer busin ...onics Division, in Syracuse, New York. When GE entered the commercial data processing field, Phoenix was chosen as the location for the Computer Department, whic
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  • ...DSA), used with [[PDP-11]]s and with [[VAX]] single and multiple [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]] systems. ...nal carriers, using small-diameter [[coaxial cable]]s; two for moving user data, commands, and responses between drive and controller, and two for continuo
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  • ...ources as user and application data disks, printers, and distributed batch processing facilities. ...r resources, though they may also sometimes provide disk serving and batch processing resources. If satellite nodes are equipped with disks, they may, for enhanc
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  • It supports multiple [[Central Processing Unit|processors]] and multiple [[main memory]] memory modules; a single [[I ...connected to the bus to every slot in the [[backplane]]). Arbitration and data transfers use logically separate divisions of the bus, so they can occur in
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  • ...al Corporation''') was a ground-breaking business computerized information processing company. The 2200 had an even bigger indirect impact, though: its [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]] was initially intended to be a custom [[integrated circuit|chip]
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  • ...mode" or "KL-10 paging" mode [[hardware]] mechanism in the KL-10 [[Central Processing Unit|processor]]. ...appens in the case of a "normal [[instruction]]" when all required mapping data is found within the hardware pager memories.
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  • ...in [[main memory]], and start, [[halt]] and [[single-step]] the [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]]. The 'Address/Data' indicator array display memory [[address]]es and data. The 'Run' light indicates that the CPU is [[execute|executing]] [[instruct
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  • ...in [[main memory]], and start, [[halt]] and [[single-step]] the [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]]. If the CPU has the DCS (Diagnostic Control Store), it can be ac The display shows memory [[address]]es and data. The 'Run' light indicates that the CPU is [[execute|executing]] [[instruct
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  • * Data channel requests will similarly "boost" the address. ...CI gates input to the MB and PC registers. SM starts a new memory cycle. Processing enters the fetch phase at CMA 21.
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  • '''Sector interleaving''' is a technique for speeding up access to sequential data on rotating magnetic media. ...the sectors had been arranged with one immediately after the other on the data media, the following sector would already have started when the software we
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  • ...microprocessor and 1Mb memory are the right combination to cut through big processing jobs in a hurry. And this model offers large — and expandable — fixed-d .... So you can use it for such important tasks as spreadsheet processing and data base management.
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  • ...nitoring as they occur. Being microprocessor-based, the VT36 minimises the processing load on the host computer. Up to four VT36s can, therefore, be configured o ...VT36 significantly reduces the load on the host CPU, freeing it for other processing.
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  • 12.1.7 "Cluster Data Gathering" them are for transmitting data and the other two are for receiving
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  • ...grade''' was an optional improvement for the [[KL10]] [[PDP-10]] [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]]; it replaced the earlier [[MCA20 Cache]]. It increased the size * 4 x M856 Cache Data
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  • ...f [[instruction]]s and [[operand]]s, etc, for the early [[KL10]] [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]]. (It was later replaced by the improved [[MCA25 KL Cache/Paging * 4 x M8521 - Cache Data
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  • ...rmedal's 1986 book "The Tomorrow Makers". In 2023, MIT Museum staff began processing the listing, and volunteers transcribed it to machine readable files. The * DEC Type 555 "[[DECtape|microtapes]]" with data channel.
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