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* An [[MX15-B Memory Multiplexer]], which allows the PDP-11 (both the CPU, and [[Direct Memory Access|DMA]] devices on the PDP-11's [[UNIBUS]]) access to the PDP-15's [[main memory]].
 
* An [[MX15-B Memory Multiplexer]], which allows the PDP-11 (both the CPU, and [[Direct Memory Access|DMA]] devices on the PDP-11's [[UNIBUS]]) access to the PDP-15's [[main memory]].
  
* A data channel between the two CPUs, which allows them to interrupt each other; this channel is implemented with a pair of [[DR11-C general device interface]] parallel ports, and a [[DR15 Device Interface]].
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* A data channel between the two CPUs, which allows them to interrupt each other; this channel is implemented with a pair of [[DR11-C general device interface]] parallel ports on the PDP-11, and a [[DR15 Device Interface]] on the PDP-15 end.
  
 
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Revision as of 15:46, 3 December 2019

The UNICHANNEL 15 System (UC15) is an group of hardware sub-systems which allows a PDP-15 to communicate with a PDP-11 (usually a PDP-11/05) which acts as an I/O front end, partially to offload the PDP-15's CPU, but also to allow PDP-15 systems access to devices which did not have native PDP-15 support, such as the RK05 disk drive. The UC15 includes two separate sub-systems: