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  • ...'''DASD''', is [[International Business Machines|IBM]] jargon for [[random access]] [[secondary storage]] devices, such as [[floppy disk]]s, hard [[disk]]s,
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  • '''Random Access Memory''' (often given as '''RAM''') is slang term for a computer's [[main ...disk]] [[secondary storage]] (although technically disks are also [[random access]] - unlike, say, [[magnetic tape]] secondary storage).
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  • '''Direct Memory Access''', usually abbreviated as '''DMA''', refers to a now-very-common technique ...e. In the second, the memory has multiple ports, and the device has direct access to the memory via one of the ports.
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  • #Redirect [[Random Access Memory]]
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  • ...ion''' (often given as the acronym, '''CSMA-CD''') is a way of controlling access to a [[Local area network|LAN]] using a [[broadcast]] bus (i.e. a shared br
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  • #Redirect [[Direct Memory Access]]
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  • ...etimes '''response time''') is the time period between the start of a read access cycle, and the point in time when the data is returned to the requestor. ...n the request arrives, that can delay the memory's response - and thus the access time for that particular cycle.
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  • ...go to disparate [[address]]es without significant delays; in '''sequential access''' memories, only successive operations to following locations can be done
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  • #Redirect [[Random access]]
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  • ...[[bit]] parallel ports, one input, and one output; it uses [[Direct Memory Access|DMA]] to transfer data.
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  • [[Access time]] is 210-230 nsec for reads, and 90-120 nsec for writes; [[cycle time]
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  • ...[[parallel interface]] for the [[UNIBUS]], one which used [[Direct Memory Access|DMA]] to transfer data to a user device. It was a single [[DEC card form fa .../www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/unibus/EK-DR11W-UG-004.pdf DR11-W Direct Memory Access Interface Module User's Guide] (EK-DR11W-UG-004)
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  • '''Media Access Control Addresses''' (usually shortened to the acronymic form, '''MAC Addre
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  • #Redirect [[Media Access Control Address]]
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  • ...int-to-point links only. Introduction of file transfer (FAL), remote file access (DAP), task-to-task programming interfaces and network management features. ...ntroduction of adaptive routing capability, downline loading (MOP), record access, a network management architecture, and gateways to other types of networks
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  • ...ude [[DIGITAL Command Language|DCL]] as a choice for the CLI, giving users access to essentially the same command language used in [[RSX-11]] and, later, [[V
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  • ...memory|ROM]] (1 Kword) and a small amount of [[core memory|core]] [[Random Access Memory|RAM]] (128 words). It is not clear if any of these machines were eve
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  • | access-date=September 26, 2016
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  • ...and [[peripheral controller]]s through read-write cycles, [[Direct Memory Access|DMA]], and [[interrupt]]s, as well as in much of the low-level detail, such
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  • ...nd device [[register]]s; and the ability for devices to do [[Direct Memory Access|DMA]] transfers to memory, and to [[interrupt]] the CPU.
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  • ==Register access==
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  • | memory speed = [[MM11-E and MM1-F core memories|MM11-E]]: 500 nsec [[access time]]<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 1.2 μsec [[cycle time]]
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  • ...UNIBUS and the EUB for access to all of memory for UNIBUS [[Direct Memory Access|DMA]] devices; without it, the UNIBUS [[address space]] was statically mapp ...ath for addressing information to flow from the UNIBUS to the EUB, for DMA access to main memory by devices.
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  • ...ut not [[address]] lines); [[Direct Memory Access|DMA]] devices could gain access to the memory via a [[UNIBUS map]] which connected the two, and mapped UNIB
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  • ...em), or the -11/45's main UNIBUS (the 'A' UNIBUS), so that [[Direct Memory Access|DMA]] devices on that UNIBUS could do [[input/output|I/O]] to the fast memo
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  • ...[[main memory]] via a new Main Memory Bus, and changes to the CPU to allow access to that much memory * A [[UNIBUS map]] to allow devices on the UNIBUS access to all of that memory
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  • | average access time = 49 msec
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  • The name of bit 6 has changed slightly from the RK11-C to the -D ("Access Ready" to "R/W/S Ready"), but it seems to be basically the same functionali
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  • ...dge [[disk]] [[drive]]s. All data transfers are done using [[Direct Memory Access|DMA]]. Data is protected with a [[hardware]]-generated and checked [[error-
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  • | minimum access time = 258 16 μsec | average access time = 16.9 msec (60 Hz [[alternating current|AC]] power)<br>20.3 msec (50
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  • | average access time = 67.5 msec Some later drives have access panels which can be removed to gain to the solenoid. On older ones, one has
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  • ...ous later models added various instructions for Processor Status Word (PS) access, maintenance, etc.
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  • | average access time = 70 msec
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  • ...05 drives. It used the [[single cycle data break]] form of [[Direct Memory Access|DMA]] to transfer data directly to [[main memory]]. It uses blocks of 256 w
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  • Memory: Includes 16K bytes of Random Access Memory (RAM)
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  • * [[ACCESS]], an on-line query system, allowing user-friendly access to a data-base via interactive terminals.
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  • ...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
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  • 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
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  • ...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.
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  • ...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]].
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  • 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
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  • ...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
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  • ...tion on system state. DCL includes [[Conditional statement|IF-THEN-ELSE]], access to all the [[Record Management Services|RMS]] file types including stream,
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  • ...chnique sometimes used on computers whose [[main memory]] was not [[random access]], but sequential (such as [[delay line]]- and [[drum]]-based memory).
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  • Otherwise, from BASIC, you access the monitor by running: === Single Address Memory Access ===
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  • ...OM on the [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]] board, which prevents multi-user access to these computers.
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  • ...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
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  • ...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
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  • /usr/chris/dungeon/dtext.dat Text file in random access-format
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  • ...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
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  • *Access to Host OS filesystems using BetaDOS or MiNT native XFS driver
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  • ...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
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  • ...] 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:
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  • ...'''DASD''', is [[International Business Machines|IBM]] jargon for [[random access]] [[secondary storage]] devices, such as [[floppy disk]]s, hard [[disk]]s,
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  • are available immediately through SunSoft. An early access release of
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  • Unlike [[Random Access Memory|RAM]], ROMs cannot be written to. At one point, ROMs are also typica
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  • They're not totally open access; you have to register with DDJ to get all of them. However, there is this:
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  • The [[User Datagram Protocol]] is used to provide access to an un-reliable datagram service, for [[application]]s which don't need t
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  • ...e [[S-100]] type machines, is that unlike the [[IBM PC]] the S-100's could access the full megabyte of RAM. According to Tim Patterson this feature was used
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  • the program to access remote mailboxes "xpop3" and 4: Access to file systems FAT-32 for more than 4 GB.
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  • * Separate [[access control list]]s for each 'file'
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  • With MS-DOS installed and able to access a CD-ROM, you will need a blank floppy image, in addition to either an ISO If you have access to [[Visual C++ 1.1]] or the [[Windows NT 3.1 SDK]] you'll be in luck as yo
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  • ...ts (ones that use TCP/IP are better!), sound settings and of course CD-ROM access. I'll update these topics in the future.
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  • ...3.5 and 3.51 include an update to NT 3.1's NTFS driver to allow NT 3.1 to access an NTFS partition that has been mounted by NT 3.5 or later.
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  • access as well as for the audio capabilities indicated. The following modems are supported for use with Remote Access Service.
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  • ...me fun, Murray teased David that David's new Windows 286 (Windows 2.x with access to the 64-KB HMA) was basically a joke. What one really should do was to ge With Windows now running in protected mode, that meant that people would have access to more memory (albeit in 64k chunks as both the 386 & 286 kept the 286's m
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  • ...a 3000 used ZIP RAM instead of DIP, at the time allowing for faster memory access. However the industry at large would shun the [[ZIP]] chip, and instead mo ...lemented a bit blitter in hardware. The original version of the chip could access 512KB of 'chip RAM', the fat Angus could up that to 1024KB, and the fatter
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  • ...rdware, emulates the intended function the real-mode program was trying to access, or terminates the real-mode program if it is trying to do something that c ...even checked the drive but simply will not permit the real-mode program to access it. Also, the V86 monitor can do things like map [[main memory]] [[virtual
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  • ...Basic were known for needing line numbers, and it allowed direct hardware access via PEEK,POKE keywords. Many of these programs were NOT portable, as the h
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  • ...lowing for a flat memory space where the entire 4GB of accessible [[Random Access Memory|RAM]] could be accessed without [[segment]]ation. The 386 was introd
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  • ...it had a 24-bit [[address bus]] to allow access for up to 16MB of [[Random Access Memory|RAM]], and a [[virtual address|virtual]] [[address space]] of 1GB. T
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  • access as well as for the audio capabilities indicated. The following modems are supported for use with Remote Access Service, and
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  • devices meant to be used for teletype access should (to should be taken to change the access modes (chmod(1)) on
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  • ...central processor is executing in the context of a process, there are four access privilege modes (user, supervisor, executive, kernel), each with its own st ...e-access port becomes the console. A terminal connected through the remote-access port can halt the central processor, boot it, diagnose it, etc.
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  • ...lso gives each DOS application up to 640 K random access memory (RAM) plus access to expanded memory through use of a built-in LIM software driver.
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  • with. As far as I know, both SCSI and ST506 access are integrated on the A2090a to J5. However, others have noted the SCSI access circuitry as
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  • ...though effectively 2MHz there as well due to [[wait state]]s to give video access to system bus. In C64 compatibility mode the 8502 dropped down to 1MHz.
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  • ...system generation to the front of the system namelist for quicker access. devices meant to be used for teletype access should (to avoid confusion, no other reason) be named /dev/ttyX, where X
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  • .... It could only [[execute]] code out of [[Read-only memory|ROM]], [[Random Access Memory|RAM]] was only used for storing data, and this complicated the life
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  • '''Random Access Memory''' (often given as '''RAM''') is slang term for a computer's [[main ...disk]] [[secondary storage]] (although technically disks are also [[random access]] - unlike, say, [[magnetic tape]] secondary storage).
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  • '''Dynamic RAM''' ('dynamic random-access memory'), usually abbreviated as '''DRAM''', is currently the ubiquitous [[ ...he idea which led to IBM's 1968 patent on single-transistor dynamic random access memory
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  • ...rd), protected by [[parity]]; cache control logic inspects [[Direct Memory Access|DMA]] transfers on the QBUS and invalidates cache entries for [[main memory
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  • ...terrupts, or either can be used to provide the device with [[Direct Memory Access|DMA]] capability.
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  • library suitable for one-pass access by _l_d(1).
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  • -u Use time of last access instead of last modification
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  • must be mounted read-only or errors will occur when access
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  • access permissions to files are performed with respect to
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  • A access time must be corrected
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  • ...lared `token names'. This allows source files other than '''y.tab.c''' to access the token codes.
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  • ...Subsystem]], along with a [[TS04 Tape Transport]]. It used [[Direct Memory Access|DMA]] to transfer both data, and 'command packets', which are commands to t
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  • ...ntroller|SPC]] slot. Data is transferred to the host using [[Direct Memory Access|DMA]]; installation of a TUK50 thus requires removal of the [[Non-Processor
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  • ...ich automagically corrects single-[[bit]] errors (at a slight penalty in [[access time|response time]] when an error occurs), and detects double-bit errors.
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  • ...]], the '''M7546'''; data is transferred to the host using [[Direct Memory Access|DMA]].
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  • ...erface|RS-232]] [[asynchronous serial line]]s. Output used [[Direct Memory Access|DMA]] (with each line having its own [[buffer]] [[pointer]] and count); inp
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  • ...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
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  • ...uploaded a copy onto this wiki in uuencoded format. To decode it, simply access the [[BootHP|article]], and copy the contents of the quoted text (the begin
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  • ...ssor, a variant of the [[MC6800|6800]] with 128 bytes of internal [[Random Access Memory|RAM]] and an internal [[clock]] oscillator. There were also five [[6
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  • ...ns, and watchpoints) instead of writing your own. And the UI provides GUI access to that memory, plus the ability to load/store/modify/examine the memory co
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  • ...3,741,824), and a 24bit memory bus (2^24 is 16,777,216), allowing users to access 16MB of RAM. ...build your applications, link with the DOS Extender and now you could have access to 16MB of RAM!
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  • ...disks|drives]] were cheap to manufacture; unlike tapes, they are [[random access]]. The media isn't rigid, unlike the [[platter]]s in [[Disk#Recent developm
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  • hackers interested in operating systems and 386's with access to minix.
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  • devices meant to be used for teletype access should (to should be taken to change the access modes (chmod(1)) on
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  • teletype access should be named /dev/ttyX, where X is any should be taken to change the access modes (chmod-I) on
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  • granite is a verb! how to use it? should give access to thief's hideout from to remove it and provide access to the Volcano. Be sure
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  • <!-- | average access time = xx msec --> It had two heads per surface; not rotationally opposed (to halve maximum access time), but two on each arm; there thus 2,516 usable tracks on each data sur
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  • We recommend creating a non-root account and using su(1) for root access.
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  • one of the files is corrupt and have access to a
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  • io port access from user processes doesn't randomly work/fail. now must open /dev/mem to get access. (cgd)
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  • project and access to its works are open to everyone. The project is
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  • project and access to its works are open to everyone. The project is
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  • .../M]]! The [http://www.tramm.li/i8080/ project homepage is here], while to access it, just click [http://www.tramm.li/i8080/emu8080.html here].
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  • their inability to obtain access to 386BSD, whether licensed with, interested parties could have access to SUPPORTED ver-
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  • If you do not have access to the internet and electronic mail is your
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  • Someone gave me access to a SYSVr2 machine!..
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  • Seagate's 800 number allows toll-free access to automated self-help CompuServe. To access our technical support forum, type go seagate.
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  • With MS-DOS installed and able to access a CD-ROM, you will need a blank floppy image, in addition to either an ISO If you have access to Visual C++ 1.0 32bit you'll be in luck as you can rebuild a few things.
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  • ...of shipping [[database]] [[application]]s prior to the rise of [[Microsoft Access]]. Clipper applications ran under [[MS-DOS]]. As time went by there were e
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  • RP07: 516 MB HD, 1300 KB/s, 31.3 average access, 23 ms average seek, 5 ms track-to-track seek time, 3633 rpm
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  • | average access time = 42.5 msec (RM02)<br>38.3 msec (RM03)
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  • ...6 MB [[MASSBUS]] [[removable-pack disk]] drive, 1200 KB/s, 31.3 ms average access time, 23 ms average seek time, 6 ms track-to-track seek, 3600 RPM. It was [
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  • | average access time = 38.3 msec ...rives were supported per controller; drives could be dual-ported, to allow access from two different controllers.
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  • | average access time = 50.3 msec
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  • | average access time = 27 msec
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  • | average access time = 33 msec It had two heads per surface; not rotationally opposed (to halve maximum access time), but two on each arm; there thus 1,092 usable tracks on each surface.
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  • | average access time = 33.3 msec It had two heads per surface; not rotationally opposed (to halve maximum access time), but two on each arm; there were thus 1,122 usable tracks on each dat
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  • | average access time = 32.3 msec It had two heads per surface; not rotationally opposed (to halve maximum access time), but two on each arm; there thus 2,846 usable tracks on each data sur
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  • random access storage devices utilizing nonremovable 5 -inch disks as storage media. Each disk surface employs one movable head to access
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  • | average access time = 164 msec
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  • Average access time using [[random access]] was 9.3 seconds; maximum was 28. Data was verified by a [[checksum]] on e
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  • '''DECtape II''' was a low-cost, low-performance [[random access]] [[magnetic tape]] [[secondary storage]] system, proprietary to [[Digital
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  • ...ssor, a variant of the [[MC6800|6800]] with 128 bytes of internal [[Random Access Memory|RAM]] and an internal clock oscillator. There was also a [[6821 PIA|
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  • ...pment team didn't have a machine to examine, they used what they could get access to, so the process took rather long time.
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  • ...ter which process is running. The other special segment is set up to allow access to the [[UNIBUS]]'s so-called 'I/O Page', which holds [[peripheral]] and [[ ...swappable per-process data of each process, and the 8th is set up to allow access to the UNIBUS 'I/O Page'.
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  • the system namelist for quicker access. taken to change the access modes (chmod(8)) on these files
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  • ports concurrent read and write access to files (see mt Is a new command which provides easy access to
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  • 6.3.2 Restricting Access to Data 3-17 Variable Access in Nested Procedures
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  • o 16MB Addressable Random Access Memory Support 16MB Addressable Random Access Memory Support
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  • 2.1.7 Direct Device Access 8.2 Network Access
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  • ...ms, including the ones that are in the section that requires the wedge for access.
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  • ==Enabling outside access== To enable root access for all telnet sessions, you will have to edit the /etc/ttys file and chang
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  • ...KD11-F version includes 4KW of [[Metal Oxide Semiconductor|MOS]] [[Random Access Memory|RAM]] on-board; the KD11-H version has the RAM deleted.
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  • ...ead-only memory|ROM]] [[chip socket]] on the CPU card, and gives the KUV11 access to the micro-instruction [[bus]]. ...able, but has read-write access to it via the QBUS. That bus also provides access to a number of control [[register]]s on the KUV11.
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  • * [[MSV11-L MOS Random-Access Memory‎|MSV11-L]] - (M8059) * [[MSV11-P MOS Random-Access Memory‎|MSV11-P]] - (M8067)
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  • ** -- Access pattern: round 2 works mod 5, round 3 works mod 3 **
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  • ...s the components for the two parity bits.) Enabling parity increased the [[access time]] from 400 nsec to 525 nsec.
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  • ...e C-F connectors (needed for signals for [[interrupt]]s or [[Direct Memory Access|DMA]], for devices which did those), with most UNIBUS signals present in bo
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  • ...tachment of [[main memory]] units, while the C Bus allowed [[Direct Memory Access|DMA]] accesss to main memory.
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  • ...ats the address and data buses and the R/W line. External devices can then access memory for DMA, for example
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  • ...ts of tag fields for each cache entry, so that the CPU and [[Direct Memory Access|DMA]] from the QBUS can interact with the cache simultaneously. Cache contr
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  • As a further feature, on most UNIBUS backplanes, the 'NPG' ([[Direct Memory Access|DMA]] grant line) signal is carried across unused slots by wire jumpers on
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  • ...a KTJ11-B, it provides means for UNIBUS devices to perform [[Direct Memory Access|DMA]] cycles (mapped to the full 22-bit address space via a [[UNIBUS map]]) | CD1 || PUBMEM || CPU access to UNIBUS
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  • Individual pages may be marked 'Private', which means that only access from code running in Private pages is allowed; i.e. information in such pag ...p page has to contain 16 entries (8 Kbytes at 512 bytes per page) to allow access to the device registers (if they are to appear in the same place in the add
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  • ...'UNIBUS map''' to allow [[Direct Memory Access|DMA]] devices on the UNIBUS access to all of main memory.
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  • ...ory, to perform the relocation function. The pager sometimes needed direct access to the internals of the CPU, to properly perform the demand loading functio
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  • ...ecture#Addressing modes|operand modes]] other than mode 0, direct register access (for which, as previously mentioned, the Source or Destination major state
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  • ...1-B does not contain any internal registers to which the CPU does not have access, the term 'register' hereinafter refers to any of the registers in the KT11 * ENB SPOR(3) (6-1): Select scratchpad register for UNIBUS access
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  • | average access time = 262 ms The average access time of 262 ms is computed as follows:
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  • '''Direct Memory Access''', usually abbreviated as '''DMA''', refers to a now-very-common technique ...e. In the second, the memory has multiple ports, and the device has direct access to the memory via one of the ports.
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  • The control section is used to allow the [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]] access to device registers implemented in the devices. The data section is 18 (opt
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  • ...er-run errors when there was considerable competing UNIBUS [[Direct Memory Access|DMA]] traffic.
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  • LINC tape was random access, so the drive had the ability to move forward and backwards to the desired * Severo M. Ornstein, [https://archive.computerhistory.org/resources/access/text/2019/03/102785079-05-01-acc.pdf ''Computing in the Middle Ages: A View
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  • ...access to the PDP-8's [[main memory]] (the LINC acted as a [[Direct Memory Access|DMA]] peripheral to the PDP-8, using the PDP-8 [[data break]] mechanism). A ...code running in the LINC access to PDP-8 resources; the PDP-8 likewise had access to the resources of the LINC (e.g. the display). When the PDP-8 was in cont
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  • DECtape was [[random access]], so the [[magnetic tape drive|drive]] had the ability to move forward and
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  • ...nd [[drum]]scould have slow [[access time]]s, since they were not [[random access]]). ...solved all these problems. It was reliable, relatively cheap, fast, random access, and compact (by the standards of the day) - everything that one could want
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  • Main memory is also used to store data for immediate access by the CPU. Computers which keep instructions and data in the same memory a
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  • ==CSR Access== ...them. That is to use the [[UNIBUS map]] (usually used for [[Direct Memory Access|DMA]] cycles from [[peripheral|device]]s to main memory); the [[memory mana
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  • ...was a [[diode]] matrix), some later computers included high-speed [[Random Access Memory|RAM]] for part of the control store, so that the instruction set cou
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  • ...e 'super block'. So a particular FFS partition might be optimized for fast access, or for minimum wasted space.
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  • ...mum of 512KW; [[parity]] is provided to protect the memory contents. The [[access time]] is 1.04 µseconds, and the [[cycle time]] is 1.92 µseconds (both fo
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  • ...ovides up to 16 [[asynchronous serial line]]s. Output used [[Direct Memory Access|DMA]] (with each line having its own [[buffer]] [[pointer]] and count); on
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  • ...trol of the UNIBUS's data section so that it may perform a [[Direct Memory Access|DMA]] cycle.
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  • ...s of [[parallel interface]]s for the [[UNIBUS]]. Some used [[Direct Memory Access|DMA]], others were [[programmed I/O]]. * [[DR11-W Direct Memory Access Interface|DR11-W]]: hex single-board replacement for the DR11-B
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  • ...ction]]s performed by the CPU to move data - as opposed to [[Direct Memory Access|DMA]], in which the [[peripheral|device]] communicates directly with [[main * [[Direct Memory Access]]
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  • ...[[parallel interface]] for the [[UNIBUS]], one which used [[Direct Memory Access|DMA]] to transfer data to a user device.
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  • ...artial copy of 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 sto
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  • ...ing|interleave]] a pair of MM11-D's to provide reduced effective average [[access time]]s.
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  • ...o that the device can either start an [[interrupt]], or do [[Direct Memory Access|DMA]] transfer(s) to [[main memory]].
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  • ...ce controller]]s that their request for [[interrupt]]s and [[Direct Memory Access|DMA]] have been [[bus grant|granted]] (hence the name).
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  • * Has a general purpose [[file system]] with various types of access and protection modes * Has a Monitor Call System to provide user access to input / output functions, string functions, formatting routines and file
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  • * two NCR Dual Disc units with capacity of 8 million 16 bit word, average access time 45 ms * one Vermont drum, capacity 256K 16 bit words, access time 10 ms average
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  • ...), the owner of the file, the file's protection, and last modification and access times, etc.
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  • ...AB. DEC had a number of problems with 'corner cases' (e.g. [[Direct Memory Access|DMA]] during certain floating point instructions), and had to issue revised
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  • With the advent of the 10 Mbit/second Ethernet, which had 48-bit [[Media Access Control Address|physical addresses]] (so that all Ethernet [[network interf
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  • The 48-bit physical address of the DIX Ethernet is known as the [[Media Access Control Address]] (short form: 'MAC Address' or just: 'MAC'), sometimes 'Et Originally, Ethernet was a [[Carrier-Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection]] (CSMA-CD) [[bus]] (i.e. a shared [[broadcast]] c
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  • ...]]s usually include registers too. For the ones which are part of the CPU, access to them is very fast - usually faster than main memory.
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  • ...h, information may be in [[main memory|primary storage]] (usually [[Random Access Memory|RAM]]) or in [[secondary storage]] (usually [[disk]]), and the [[ope
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  • ...[[multi-processor]], with all the [[Central Processing Unit|CPUs]] sharing access to a collection of [[multi-port memory]] units. All used 36-bit [[word]]s,
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  • ...sters in each track, and using multiple heads on that track to give faster access to the contents of the registers.
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  • ...ke an effort to keep the blocks of a file in close physical proximity, for access speed reasons.)
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  • | average access time = 36.3 msec
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  • ...rds.) The RH11 can be set under [[software]] control to do [[Direct Memory Access|DMA]] data transfers on either the first or second UNIBUS (UNIBUS 'B'). ...UNIBI together. (E.g. in the 'disk' RH11 in the KS10, where the CPU needs access to the device registers, interrupts, etc, which are on UNIBUS 'A', but also
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  • ...upports [[interrupt]]s from the UNIBUS adapters, as well as [[diagnostic]] access from the mandatory 'console' subsystem, which is interfaced to the KS10 bus ...e UNIBUS [[address space]] into the KS10's main memory for [[Direct Memory Access|DMA]] operations.
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  • ...ntage that if a handler is inside a procedure, the handler can easily have access to that procedure's [[automatic variable]]s. (It is hard to do both of thes
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  • ...er PDP-11-native peripherals could be supported, including [[Direct Memory Access|DMA]] directly into the PDP-15's memory through the [[MX15-B Memory Multipl
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  • ...es from the device), as well as to the [[UNIBUS]] (for [[interrupt]]s, and access to the device's [[register]]s by the [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]]). ...eads and writes go directly to the actual main memory (although the RH70's access to the main memory bus is controlled by the cache). A write to a main memor
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  • ...e backplane wiring for [[debug]]ging. The unit could rotate to give easier access to the boards.
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  • ...nect to the M8267 card. (This is all necessitated because the FP11-A needs access to signals carried over the maintenance cables.) ...M8267 card is normally placed on a hex [[extender card]] to allow physical access to internal signals, a special W9042 Extender Board exists, to be used in p
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  • ...cess]] Channel Multiplexor Adapter provided high-speed devices with direct access to main memory for data transfers.
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  • CTSS provided access to users on terminals connected to [[asynchronous serial line]]s, both loca
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  • ...l [[main memory]] was [[core memory]], so the term 'semiconductor [[Random Access Memory|RAM]]' was used to indicate the use of ICs to actually hold data.
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  • ...er [[telephone]] lines were the most common. With the rise of [[Internet]] access over [[cable TV]], cable TV modems became common.
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  • ...PDP-15's [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]], but also to allow PDP-15 systems access to devices which did not have native PDP-15 support, such as the [[RK05 dis ...CPU, and [[Direct Memory Access|DMA]] devices on the PDP-11's [[UNIBUS]]) access to the PDP-15's [[main memory]].
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  • ...15 [[main memory]] attached to the MX15-B, and also allowed the PDP-15 CPU access to both the PDP-11's memory, and that PDP-15 memory - i.e. it turned both m
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  • The LAN was a [[Carrier-Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection|CSMA-CD]] system modeled on the [[Xerox PARC]] 3 m ...to provide [[mapping]]s from 16-[[bit]] Chaos [[address]]es to the [[Media Access Control Address‎|48-bit addresses]] used by Ethernet.)
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  • ...hich could be attached [[terminal]]s, which allowed users at the terminals access to the hosts attached to the ARPANET.
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  • ...nt, containing the [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]] and all [[Direct Memory Access|DMA]] [[peripheral controller|devices]], and ran all read-write cycles from The ENABLE, being a UNIBUS device, had access to none of the information about CPU mode, fetch type, etc. Instead, the EN
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  • ...'''Maxc2''' (originally capitalized '''MAXC''' - an acronym for 'Multiple Access Xerox Computer') were a pair of [[PDP-10]] clones made at [[Xerox PARC]], a
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  • ...the connected UNIBI. As far as is known, the other machine(s) did not have access to the KA10's memory (unlike with the [[DL10 PDP-11 Data Link|DL10]] and [[ ...age contained the mapping registers, below; unusually for a PDP-10 device, access to its [[register]]s was via the PDP-10 memory bus.) Each Rubin interface p
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  • ...crocode]]. The [[data path]] is 7 bits wide, as is the 2048-word [[Random Access Memory|RAM]]. The predecessor VT50 is almost identical, except there is on
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  • ...l Ethernet]]s. It was a [[full-duplex]] device, which used [[Direct Memory Access|DMA]] to transfer [[packet]]s directly to and from [[main memory]]. ...today's standards) was that the back-off after a [[Carrier-Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection‎|collision]] was implemented by [[software]], in
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  • ...ion''' (often given as the acronym, '''CSMA-CD''') is a way of controlling access to a [[Local area network|LAN]] using a [[broadcast]] bus (i.e. a shared br
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  • ...located]] to any location in [[main memory]] (either for normal read/write access, or read-only).
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  • ...ies of [[parallel interface]]s for the [[QBUS]]. Some used [[Direct Memory Access|DMA]], others were [[programmed I/O]]. * [[DRV11-B Direct Memory Access Interface|DRV11-B]]: DMA, quad card, 18-bit DMA addresses
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  • ...always has a high-speed [[channel]] or some other form of [[Direct Memory Access]] to transfer data quickly to the computer to which it is attached.
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  • They have an identical programming interface; both use [[Direct Memory Access|DMA]] to transfer information between [[main memory]] and the floppy. | 0040 || Tried to access a track greater than 76
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  • ...y, their controllers) may use either [[programmed I/O]] or [[Direct Memory Access|DMA]] to get data in and out of the [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]] and/or
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  • ...can communicate with the main CPU in a number of ways. It may have direct access to the [[main memory]] used by the main CPU, a technique used in the PPUs o
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  • ...t-mapped display]] to which the [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]] had direct access, and deployed a group of them in a network/server environment; having so mu
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  • ...de words were 32 bits wide), and eventually also 1KW of writeable [[Random Access Memory|RAM]] microcode memory. (The basic ROM microcode more or less emulat ...s, allowing their [[register]]s to appear in the memory address space, for access by [[programmed I/O]]; the last two 'pages' (nothing to do with [[virtual m
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  • ...(typically [[Central Processing Unit|CPUs]], [[channel]]s, [[Direct Memory Access|DMA]] [[device controller]]s, etc). If there are multiple banks in the memory, then as long as access requests are spread out fairly evenly across them, it may be possible to pe
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  • | instruction speed = 120 μsec (add, excluding memory access) <!-- 525 μsec max --> ...]], with 1000 [[word]]s organized as 100 lines of 10 words each (to reduce access times over fewer, larger lines). The [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]] operat
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  • ...re a tremendous range of designs, from 'tightly-coupled' (where they share access to some [[main memory]], which usually has to be [[multi-port memory]]), on
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  • ...s, but not address lines); [[Direct Memory Access|DMA]] devices could gain access to the memory via a [[UNIBUS map]] which connected the two, and mapped UNIB
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  • ...to a separate [[UNIBUS]]; [[Direct Memory Access|DMA]] devices could gain access to the memory via a [[UNIBUS map]] which connected the two, and also mapped
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  • ...[[Multics]]-like tree structured file system including (potentially) full access control. It also provides unique capabilities for running programs as multi
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  • The [[access time]] is 550 nsec (1250 nsec maximum on [[memory refresh]] conflict), and
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  • Once [[semiconductor]] [[Random Access Memory|RAM]] prices fell low enough, they were replaced with [[bit-mapped d
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  • Originally, before [[semiconductor]] [[Random Access Memory|RAM]] prices fell, bit-mapped dislays provided fewer bits per pixel;
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  • ...ss time]] of 500 nsec and a [[cycle time]] of 1.2 μsec; the MM11-F had an access time of 400 nsec and a cycle time of 980 nsec.
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  • ...line interface#Electrical|EIA]] signal levels are required, as is [[Random Access Memory|RAM]] to hold the screen contents, though.
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  • ...Corporation|DEC]]. It was a [[UNIBUS]] device, which used [[Direct Memory Access|DMA]] to retrieve [[display program]]s from [[main memory]]. It was intende
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  • ...ding protocols for printer spooling, copying disk packs, page-level remote access to file servers, name lookup, remote management, etc (although some of thes
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  • ...'''cycle time''' of the memory is the time period between the start of one access cycle, and the point in time when the memory is ready to accept another one * [[Access time]]
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  • ...etimes '''response time''') is the time period between the start of a read access cycle, and the point in time when the data is returned to the requestor. ...n the request arrives, that can delay the memory's response - and thus the access time for that particular cycle.
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  • ...ot all at the same time. Depending on the OS in use, and the settings of [[access control]] parameters (for OS's which have them),the system might prevent on
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  • ...utomagically corrects single-[[bit]] errors, <!--(at a slight penalty in [[access time|response time]] when an error occurs)--> and detects double-bit errors The [[access time]] is 490-535 nsec (read, typical/max; 215-230 nsec extra on error), 10
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  • ...ies which have a [[cycle time]] which is significantly longer than their [[access time]]. (The classic example is [[core memory]], which inherently has a muc ...A+1 goes to the other. It was not unknown for interleaving to decrease the access time for a second word by up to 50%, a very significant savings. This is ca
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  • An MMV11-A holds 8K [[byte]]s; it has an [[access time]] of 425 nsec, and a [[cycle time]] of 1.15 μsec.
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  • * '''''Data break transfers''''', the PDP-8 term for [[Direct Memory Access|DMA]].
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  • ...not part of the [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]], but used [[Direct Memory Access|DMA]] for its [[instruction]]s and data.
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  • ...he [[software]] which is used to handle and organize the data, and mediate access to it, is usually called a database management system, usually given as a '
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  • ...that was left to a set of ten 'Peripheral Processing Units', which shared access to the [[main memory]] (which had a 32-way [[memory interleaving|interleave
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  • ...nd ran at 12,500 RPM; with a complete rotation time of 4.8 msec, average [[access time]] was thus 2.4 msec (although [[optimum programming]] would reduce tha ...g/pdf/ibm/650/22-6270-1_RAM.pdf 650 Data-processing System with 355 Random Access Memory - Manual of Operation] - system with disk drive(s)
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  • ...age over the other two was that it was [[random access]]; the time to gain access to any particular bit was constant.
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  • ...were cheap and simple, they had one large drawback; they were not [[random access]]. If the computer needed a value that had just been sent into the delay li
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  • ...cluding a 'next [[address]]' field, which was not needed with the [[random access]] [[core memory]] of the 7070. The incompatability with the 705 was harder ...the same two data channels. Each disk had three sets of heads, to minimize access time.
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  • ...go to disparate [[address]]es without significant delays; in '''sequential access''' memories, only successive operations to following locations can be done
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  • ...h automagically corrects single-[[bit]] errors, (at a 70 nsec penalty in [[access time|response time]] when an error occurs) and detects double-bit errors. T The [[access time]] is normally 490-525 nsec (typical/max; 620-675 nsec extra on [[memor
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  • ...er architecture, long mode is the mode where a 64-bit operating system can access 64-bit instructions and registers. ... Real mode or virtual 8086 mode progr
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  • A '''port''', in [[hardware]] is a means of gaining access to a computer or a sub-system.
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  • ...ys paired with a [[DF10 Data Channel]] unit which performs [[Direct Memory Access|DMA]] to [[main memory]].
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  • ...Unit|CPU]]; they are connected to [[peripheral]]s, and usually have direct access to [[main memory]]. ...inframe]] systems; on smaller machines, mechanisms such as [[Direct Memory Access|DMA]] from [[device controller]]s do a lot of what a channel does.
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  • ...n pairs of [[contact]]s (which are connected to other pins, for electrical access). How many pairs, and whether they are open or closed when incoming voltage
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  • ...ys paired with a [[DF10 Data Channel]] unit which performs [[Direct Memory Access|DMA]] to [[main memory]].
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  • That socket gives the FPF11 access to both the [[data bus]] and the [[microinstruction]] bus on the CPU card.
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  • ...ious expansions, originally 'Mathematics and Computation'; later 'Multiple Access Computer', 'Machine Aided Cognition', and 'Man and Computer' were added) wa
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  • | average access time = 16.9msec (60Hz), 20.3msec (50Hz)
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  • ...chip also contains [[condition codes]] logic, and a data port which gives access to the [[QBUS]]' data/[[address]] lines.
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  • ...ox]] holding a pair of [[DR11-B parallel interface]]s (the [[Direct Memory Access|DMA]] type of DR11 - one for [[packet]] input, and one for output), and a c
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  • ...the [[UNIBUS]], either for an [[interrupt]], or performing [[Direct Memory Access|DMA]].
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  • #Redirect [[Carrier-Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection]]
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  • #REDIRECT [[Direct Access Storage Device]]
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  • They use [[Direct Memory Access|DMA]] to transfer data to and from [[buffer]]s in [[main memory]]. They hav
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  • ...PDP-11 memory management]], and used a [[UNIBUS]] for its [[main memory]] access (although a built-in [[cache]] was standard). ...indicates (pg. 4) that devices that do [[interrupt]]s and [[Direct Memory Access|DMA]] must be connected to the I/O UNIBUS, and not to the memory UNIBUS; bu
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  • ...[channel]]s for [[mass storage]], such as [[disk]]s, to do [[Direct Memory Access|DMA]]. [[Memory interleaving|Interleaving]] was generally supported between
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  • ...0 could contain two to four 32KW memory modules, for a maximum of 128KW; [[access time]] is 0.8 μseconds, and the [[cycle time]] is a maximum of 1.8 μsecon
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  • ...16KW; [[parity]] was provided to protect the memory contents. It had an [[access time]] of 0.55 μseconds, and a [[cycle time]] of .93 µseconds. It connect
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  • ...16KW; [[parity]] was provided to protect the memory contents. It had an [[access time]] of 0.60 μseconds, and a [[cycle time]] of 1.65 µseconds. It connec
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  • ...ovided to protect the memory contents. An ME10 contained 16KW; it had an [[access time]] of .55 µseconds (maximum .61 µseconds) and a [[cycle time]] of 1.0
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  • ...64KW; [[parity]] was provided to protect the memory contents. It had an [[access time]] of 0.61 μseconds, and a [[cycle time]] of 0.95 µseconds.
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  • ...imum of 128KW (only 1, 2 or 4 bank operation is supported, however). The [[access time]] is .67 μseconds maximum, and the [[cycle time]] is 1.0 μseconds; [
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  • ...imum of 256KW (only 1, 2 or 4 bank operation is supported, however). The [[access time]] is .74 µseconds, and the [[cycle time]] is 1.18 µseconds; [[parity
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  • *256&nbsp;[[kilobyte|KB]] Video [[Random-access memory|RAM]] (The very first cards could be ordered with 64&nbsp;KB or 128&
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  • ...l 5150. The entry-level version of the 5150 came with just 16 KB of random-access memory (RAM), which was sufficient to run Cassette BASIC. However, Cassette ...sident code of Cassette BASIC.[2] It added functions such as diskette file access, storing programs on disk, monophonic sound using the PC's built-in speaker
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  • The [[access time]] is .80 µseconds at the [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]], and the [[c
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  • ...ies&nbsp;— 2000A, 2000B, 2000C, High-Speed 2000C, 2000E, 2000F, and 2000/Access.
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  • ...ccess to the main memory of the system, to allow it to use [[Direct Memory Access|DMA]] to move data directly from devices to main memory, without needing CP
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  • ...the process of deciding which of several competing entities will be given access to a particular resource. In [[hardware]], there are two basic ways to do t
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  • ...two busses are roughly identical (e.g. in [[interrupt]]s, [[Direct Memory Access|DMA]], etc); only the low-level details differ. (E.g. the UNIBUS carries [[
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  • The two SYNC registers overlay the buffer registers; access to them is gained via byte UNIBUS operations to odd addresses.
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  • Lore found in the printer bin: "In heaven they have instant access computers, in hell they have Primes."
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  • ...in the system, either so they can access memory directly ([[Direct Memory Access|DMA]]) or so they can [[interrupt]] the processor and give it an [[interrup DEC's DC010 Direct Memory Access Logic chip [10] uses a delay line just like this but since delay lines are
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  • ...asynchronous serial line interface|DH11]], in that it used [[Direct Memory Access|DMA]]. ...ven in ones not directly accessible from the UNIBUS); DMA was used to gain access to it. (Perhaps this was early enough in time that [[gate]]s for [[flip-flo
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  • ...lly refreshed. DRAM rows are refreshed by simply addressing a row. Any row access refreshes that row, no column needs to be strobed for a refresh. ...the KA650. There is no assertion of CAS since there is no need to actually access a specific location, just to refresh a given row.
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  • * MXV11-AA - 8Kbytes of [[Random Access Memory|RAM]]
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  • The board contains 128Kbytes of [[Random Access Memory|RAM]]; it can hold a pair of 2, 4, 8 or 16KB ROMs.
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  • ...[[bit]] parallel ports, one input, and one output; it uses [[Direct Memory Access|DMA]] to transfer data.
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  • * [[MSV11-L MOS Random-Access Memory|MSV11-L]] * [[MSV11-P MOS Random-Access Memory|MSV11-P]]
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  • [[Access time]] is 210-230 nsec for reads, and 90-120 nsec for writes; [[cycle time]
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  • '''Three cycle data break''' was a form of [[Direct Memory Access|DMA]] for high-speed [[peripheral]]s (usually [[mass storage]]) to [[main m
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  • | minimum access time = 260 usec (60Hz)<br>320 usec (60Hz) | average access time = 15.9 msec (60Hz)<br>20.3 usec (60Hz)
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  • ...[[bit]] parallel ports, one input, and one output. It uses [[Direct Memory Access|DMA]] to transfer data; it is a [[QBUS#Variable address size|Q22]] device. To gain access to the BAE, reference the BAR; this sets an internal flag which sends the n
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  • ...epending on the cabling option chosen (below). Output used [[Direct Memory Access|DMA]] (with each line having its own [[buffer]] [[pointer]] and count); inp
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  • ...up on the LSI-11. (The main significant difference is that in the LSI-11, access to the [[Processor Status Word|PS]] requires use of special [[instruction]] * 'raw devices' (which can do [[Direct Memory Access|DMA]] transfers directly from the device to a buffer in the user process' m
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  • * 'raw devices' (which can do [[Direct Memory Access|DMA]] transfers directly from the device to a buffer in the user's process)
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  • ...erface|RS-232]] [[asynchronous serial line]]s. Output used [[Direct Memory Access|DMA]] (with each line having its own [[buffer]] [[pointer]] and count); inp
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  • ...interface|RS-232]] [[asynchronous serial line]]s, and used [[Direct Memory Access|DMA]] on the output side.
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  • ...d to an [[array]] of command [[word]]s) could be read with [[Direct Memory Access|DMA]]; standard in the PDP-4 and -7, optional in the -1. (Connection to the
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  • * addition of the access(), tell(), alarm(), pause() and setpgrp() [[system call]]s (these seem to h
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  • * DEC DC336 QBUS Interface/[[Direct Memory Access|DMA]] Controller ([[DEC part number]] 21-21427-01)
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  • ...mum of 128KW; [[parity]] is provided to protect the memory contents. The [[access time]] is 1.00 µseconds, and the [[cycle time]] is 1.92 µseconds (both fo
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  • ...ing|interleave]] a pair of MM11-B's to provide reduced effective average [[access time]]s.
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  • ...ing|interleave]] a pair of MM11-C's to provide reduced effective average [[access time]]s.
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  • ...S08 drives. It used the [[three cycle data break]] form of [[Direct Memory Access|DMA]] to transfer data directly to [[main memory]]. Data transfers can rang
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  • ...S32 drives. It used the [[three cycle data break]] form of [[Direct Memory Access|DMA]] to transfer data directly to [[main memory]].
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  • | memory speed = 2 μsec ([[access time]])<br>8 μsec (read/write [[cycle time]]) [[Direct Memory Access]] for high-speed devices was provided by the [[three cycle data break]] mec
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  • To access the setup menus, hold down the CTRL key and press the HELP key twice in qui
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  • ...ng bits, to select the field, during the [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]]'s access to memory: the Instruction Field and associated Instruction Buffer Register ...Register, a 3 bit wide register used during [[data break]] [[Direct Memory Access|DMA]] operations, to select the field those cycles go to.
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  • .... Unlike the [[DL10 PDP-11 Data Link|DL10]], it didn't use [[Direct Memory Access|DMA]], just [[programmed I/O]]. The device's priority level for [[interrupt
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  • The ''' DQ11''' is the earliest [[Direct Memory Access|DMA]] [[synchronous serial line]] [[peripheral|interface]] for the [[UNIBUS The DQ11 has a set of 16 'shadow' registers, access to which is gained by placing the shadow register number in the appropriate
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  • ...to the PDP-11 (both to reduce the load on the main CPU, but also to allow access to the wide range of peripherals supported on the PDP-11); or it can also f ...nnected to the EBox of the KL10 via the EBus; privileged DTE20's also have access to the diagnostic section of the KL10's Ebus. To the PDP-11, it appears as
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  • ...line]] [[peripheral|interface]] for the [[QBUS]]. It used [[Direct Memory Access|DMA]] to transfer data. It could operate in either [[half-duplex]] or [[ful
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  • ...cond. It used a 'microprocessor' to drive the lines, using [[Direct Memory Access|DMA]] to the [[PDP-11]]'s [[main memory]] for both input and output. |Secondary Register Access Register || DVSRAR || 775010
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  • ...ing|interleave]] a pair of MM11-Y's to provide reduced effective average [[access time]]s.
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  • Multiple access user space was a subset of a more general shared memory mechanism (below); * smcreat(path, access, size)
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  • ...use [[bus grant line]]s as part of their [[interrupt]]- or [[Direct Memory Access|DMA]]-handling mechanisms. They go in otherwise-empty slots in the [[backpl
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  • ...icrocode]]d processors, having a 24-bit word width, 18-bit addressing, and access to a shared memory. The microcode implements an [[instruction set]] with a
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  • ...hard-wired and via dial-up [[modem]]s, allowing [[user]]s at the terminals access to the [[time-sharing]] hosts attached to the ARPANET), ANTS machines provi .../800280.811033 The ARPA Network Terminal System: A New Approach to Network Access], in ''DATACOMM '73: Proceedings of the third ACM symposium on Data communi
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  • ...It allowed [[process]]es to be created and terminated, and allowed them access to inter-process communication and timers; allocation and freeing of [[main ...anford.edu/file/druid:jg594pg0466/jg594pg0466.pdf online] at Stanford, but access to it seems to currently be restricted
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  • ...could be attached [[terminal]]s, which allowed [[user]]s at the terminals access to the hosts attached to the ARPANET.
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  • The '''LH-DH/11 Local/Distant Host Controller''' is a [[Direct Memory Access|DMA]] [[UNIBUS]] [[1822 interface]] produced by [[Advanced Computer Communi
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  • The '''MLH-DH/LSI11 Multiple Channel Controller''' is a [[Direct Memory Access|DMA]] [[QBUS]] [[IMP interface]] produced by [[Advanced Computer Communicat
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  • ...to-IMP Protocol]] used by the IMPs, PRUs used an alternative, the 'Channel Access Protocol' (CAP), which also includes some of the control mechanisms of the
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  • ...ovided an [[1822 interface]] for the [[UNIBUS]] which used [[Direct Memory Access|DMA]] to transfer data to/from [[main memory]].
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  • * DC010 - [[Direct Memory Access]] Logic (19-14038-00)
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  • ...ontrol of the QBUS's data section so that it may perform a [[Direct Memory Access|DMA]] cycle.
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  • It carried not only the [[Direct Memory Access|DMA]] grant line [[DMA Request and Grant‎‎|DMG]], but also the [[interr
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  • [[Application]] [[layer]] devices which allowed users on one side access to similar, but different, services on the other side were also commonly ca
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  • ...[[parallel interface]] for the [[UNIBUS]], one which used [[Direct Memory Access|DMA]] to transfer data to a user device. It was a single [[DEC card form fa .../www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/unibus/EK-DR11W-UG-004.pdf DR11-W Direct Memory Access Interface Module User's Guide] (EK-DR11W-UG-004)
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  • ...I' machine. When planning for the 2200 started, [[semiconductor]] [[Random Access Memory|RAM]] did not exist yet. Datapoint was using large [[shift register]
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  • ...all'' references to a variable evaluate to the variable's [[address]]; for access to the ''contents'', it was necessary to explicitly use the 'contents of' [ ...the original became '''BLISS-10'''. Because of BLISS's goals of providing access to low-level aspects of the host machine, it required changes for the PDP-1
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  • ...ystem/370|370]] or compatible machine. On the PDP-11 side, [[Direct Memory Access|DMA]] is used to transfer data.
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  • <!-- They have an identical programming interface; both use [[Direct Memory Access|DMA]] to transfer information between [[main memory]] and the device.
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  • ...net produced by DEC; the BA11-P's (up to two per M9500) swung out for full access, not on slides as with the other BA11's.
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  • ...ectly connected, to allow bus read/write cycles (including [[Direct Memory Access|DMA]] cycles) from a master on one to be answered by a slave on the other;
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  • In Block Mode, the DA11-B uses [[Direct Memory Access|DMA]] on the source bus to read words in the block, and then uses DMA on th
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  • Memory [[access time]] on read is increased by 150 nsec if there is no error, and by 200 ns
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  • ...ear; also, all UNIBUS signals are brought up un header pins for convenient access.
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  • ...cord-structured' [[input/output|I/O]] (as opposed to the arbitrary storage access now provided by [[UNIX]] and descendant systems, which allow the user to bu
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  • ...of the COVID pandemic, it has unfortunately suspended operations. Remote access remains open to the public.
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  • TSR: Colorado Customer Support. What is your access number, please?
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  • Logicals are usually used to access system files in their standard places.
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  • ...ended for use with the [[TU55 DECtape Transport]]. It is a [[Direct Memory Access|DMA]] interface, using [[three cycle data break]]; it generates [[interrupt
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  • ...TC08N''', is for PDP8's with a 'negative I/O bus'. It is a [[Direct Memory Access|DMA]] interface, using [[three cycle data break]]; it generates [[interrupt
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  • ...and the dual porting of disk devices. Thus, a single point of failure for access to a disk device could be avoided when VAXcluster configurations were first
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  • | average access time = 27 msec
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  • ...o uses [[Carrier-Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection|CSMA]] for access control to the shared transmission medium, but different in detail from tha
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  • The DMC11 uses [[Direct Memory Access|DMA]] to transfer data. It can operate in either [[half-duplex]] or [[full-
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  • * the Ethernet Transceiver '''MAU''' (for: '''Media Access Unit'''), and
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  • ...is very inconvenient to mount the unit to a Thickwire segment difficult to access, e.g. located in a ceiling plenum.
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  • | average access time = 27 msec
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  • ...led video memory), is 256 kB of [[Metal Oxide Semiconductor|MOS]] [[Random Access Memory|RAM]], residing in the Q22-bus address space.
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  • ...ode of the [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]], to which the users do not have access, so that they may be protected from each other), the process must use some
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  • The RIS server must have access to a suitable load device for tape media, e.g. a [[TK50]] or a 9-track [[ma
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  • ...ervers provide software that client systems, which may not have disks, can access across the network. Another feature of DMS is that one client can have access to more than one diskless environment.
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  • | average access time = 33.4 msec
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  • ...e purposes. The software to hardware interface is referred to as the port "access protocol." | +-----------+ | Access | +-----------+ |
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  • ...[multi-processor]]. The bus has special capabilities to support the shared access to memory required by such a system.
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  • ...hardware]] level). The lack of refresh also means that it has a constant [[access time]] - there is never a need to wait for a refresh cycle to complete. ...[[bit-mapped display]]s, etc - anyplace where speed and a guaranteed fixed access time are critical. In the early days of [[personal computer]]s, it was some
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  • ...ine]] [[peripheral|interface]] for the [[UNIBUS]]. It uses [[Direct Memory Access|DMA]] to transfer data to and from [[main memory]]. The DMR11 can operate i
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  • ...[display program]] held in [[main memory]]. The VSV11 used [[Direct Memory Access|DMA]] to retrieve the display program from the system's main memory, and co
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  • ...of a [[UNIBUS]] to a [[QBUS]]. Normal master/slave cycles, [[Direct Memory Access|DMA]] cycles, and [[interrupt]]s can all pass through the DW11. It was a [[
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  • ...been gathered by examining extant [[device driver]]s) is a [[Direct Memory Access|DMA]] [[UNIBUS]] [[synchronous serial line]] [[peripheral]] produced by [[A
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  • ...controller]] for the CR04 [[punched card]] reader. It used [[Direct Memory Access|DMA]] to transfer data.
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  • ...ain memory]]. PDP-15 [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]]'s and [[Direct Memory Access|DMA]] [[peripheral]]s can be connected to the input ports. A PDP-15 CPU can The MX15-A allows the input ports access to the main memory on a priority basis; port 1 has the highest priority, an
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  • ...ivities were handled by Input/Output Controller modules, similarly sharing access to the memory modules.
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  • | Controlled access || No || Yes || Yes ...es were handled by Input/Output Controller modules, which similarly shared access to the memory modules.
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  • ....) The streams connect the application to an X [[server]] which has direct access to the [[display]] being used.
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  • ...nitially to be an optional add on, but later it was required. The BBA can access the [[frame buffer]] and has its own 256 by 16 bit scratchpad RAM.
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  • * [[DRV11-B Direct Memory Access Interface]] ** [[MSV11-L MOS Random-Access Memory|MSV11-L]] is covered on pp. 327-338
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  • ...ete blocks. ('raw' devices use the [[device controller]]'s [[Direct Memory Access|DMA]] capability to transfers block contents direct to and from [[buffer]]s
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  • ...command procedures? Thus, ADDUSER.COM (add a user account with appropriate Access Control List Identifiers and a user disk directory), BACKUSER.COM (backup u
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  • ...'boot server''' (providing boot services) and '''disk server''' (providing access to Cluster-wide mass storage). It was recommended to use dedicated [[VAXser
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  • CONNECTED BY A LONG NARROW ACCESS ROOM TO THE SECONDARY (OR Primary-Secondary Hull Access Boom/Access Boom Engine/Cooling Tubes
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  • ...[multi-processor]]. The bus has special capabilities to support the shared access to memory required by such a system, including support for [[cache coherenc
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  • ...ine]] [[peripheral|interface]] for the [[UNIBUS]]. It uses [[Direct Memory Access|DMA]] to transfer data to and from [[main memory]]. The DMP11 can operate i
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  • ...ddition to mapping addresses around, the KS11 also definitely limited user access to so-called [[UNIBUS|I/O page]] addresses.
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  • ...]] processor, 128k of [[Random Access Memory|RAM]], and no [[Direct Memory Access|DMA]] (although an expansion card was available the offered this and room t
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  • ...xamined versus the type of cycle being requested by the processor. If a no access condition is indicated, a "page fault" is generated by the hardware. Otherw ...|| [This feature to be implemented by software on KL-10 using the regular access bit and the "Software" bit.]
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  • ...are''' was an early computer services company, founded in 1966, which sold access to [[time-sharing]] systems (initially for engineers at aerospace companies * [http://archive.computerhistory.org/resources/access/text/2017/06/102717167-05-01-acc.pdf Oral History of Ann Hardy] - one of th
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  • 061 | VAX PACKETNET SYSTEM INTERFACE ACCESS 0LW | DECSERVER NETWORK ACCESS SOFTWARE
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  • ** File Access Control List utilities
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  • ...h gates input to the MB register, thus setting it to PC. SM starts memory access. ...MA/30<br>TI makes a check for indirect addressing. SM starts a new memory access to retrieve the instruction operand.
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  • ...a RQDX1 containing ‘Rev 9.0' firmware it would no longer be possible to access it with a controller containing "Rev 8.0" firmware unless the Winchester di
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  • * the ' Selector Channel bus', which supported [[Direct Memory Access|DMA]]
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  • ...a [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]], [[Read-only memory|ROM]], and [[Random Access Memory|RAM]], along with all the support [[logic]] needed to create a funct
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  • '''Sector interleaving''' is a technique for speeding up access to sequential data on rotating magnetic media.
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  • | average access time = 29 msec
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  • ...platter(s), and a hatch in the cover allowed the heads to reach in to gain access to the platter(s).
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  • | average access time = 15.1 msec ...uses a 50-pin DSSI interface and a 5-pin Molex power connector, providing access to 852 MB of storage. There are 7 platters, each with 2 heads, for a total
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  • ...SSI buses to provide device access with no single points-of-failure in the access path. ...meters. It also can be used for device formatting and qualification and to access device information.
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  • 44Mb, 70Mb and optional 115Mb fixed disks provide ready-access storage for large files and applications, even elaborate data bases. ...options lets you connect Model 60 in a variety of local area networks and access the power of many larger systems.
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  • <!-- | minimum access time = --> | average access time = 30.5-45.5 msec
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  • ...ach. Each page may individually be mapped to some backing store, and have access read/write bits set. Backing store is normally anonymous core memory or fi
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  • It used [[Direct Memory Access|DMA]] to transfer rasters from the PDP-11's [[main memory]] to the XGP. A r
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  • ...st anything there, even the rarest code and devices, if you happen to have access to the right edition.
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  • * FILE &mdash; remote file system access; mainly for Lisp machines. * MLDEV &mdash; remote file system access; mainly for ITS.
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  • from more than one system to simultaneously access files. Any still access all files that do not depend on the down system
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  • ...system application. The PDP-8's code is held in a normal PDP-8 4K [[Random Access Memory|RAM]], the 'control storage memory', and was loaded into the DX10 by
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  • ...s]], SDB) with STI; the higher layer [[protocol]]s are adapted to [[random access]] storage needs. STI configurations are slightly more complex than SDI, as
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  • ...founded in 1970 as a subsidiary of Golden United Life Insurance. They sold access to [[time-sharing]] systems, for which they used [[PDP-10]]'s heavily (init
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  • Access to the additional teletypes is provided by five more bits
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  • ...[[microcode]]d, with 32K 80-bit [[word]]s of read/write microcode [[Random Access Memory|RAM]]; it had a 32K-word write-through [[cache]]. [[Main memory]] ([
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  • ...d transfer data to the [[main memory]] of the machine with [[Direct Memory Access|DMA]], and [[interrupt]] the [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]].
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  • X-terminal services Open disk access (any client) Open tape access (any client)
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  • ...] allows several [[DF10 Data Channel]]s or [[DX10 Data Channel]]s to share access to a [[PDP-10 Memory Bus]], and thus, to the [[multi-port memory]] banks to
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  • ...story.si.edu/collections/nmah_713496 Intel 1103 1K Bit pMOS Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM)] - the writeup may contain an error; it says "a one-transisto
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  • ...nough to hold an extended address, the MTC used [[bank switching]] to gain access to all of main memory.
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  • ...8-bit [[word]]s, it also had 5 4-word lines (the reduced size gave lower [[access time]]s), 4 2-word lines, and 7 1-word lines; the shorter ones had the role
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  • ...ngth [[operand]]s), and 5 single-word lines (the reduced size gave lower [[access time]]s). The shorter ones had the role of [[register]]s in most computers.
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  • ...ed around the track, with multiple read [[head]]s, so as to reduce their [[access time]].
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  • ...nes had the role of [[register]]s in most computers, and came with lower [[access time]]s); to achieve that, the read and write [[head]]s were placed closer
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  • | DHU11 | 16 Line Async Controller w/ DMA Access | Ref | | | | | |... | DMZ32 | 24 Line Async Controller w/ DMA Access | Ref | | | | | |...
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  • ...may be replaced by a shorter line, such as a 16-word line, for decreased [[access time]] (at the cost of a reduction in available space); line 0 is usually c
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  • ...including [[SONET]], [[MPLS]], and [[Ethernet]] (where PPP is used to gain access to capabilities available under PPP, such as authentication).
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