BM792 ROM

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M792-YA card

The BM792 ROM card was the first UNIBUS ROM card for the PDP-11 series of computers; it contained only 32 words of memory. It was a quad format card, and used an SPC slot. Most versions were used for bootstrapping the machine, from disk, paper and magnetic tape, etc, but it could be used for any purpose

It used individual diodes in an array to represent individual bits; if the diode was present, the bit contained a '1'; if the diode was not present, a '0'. Jumpers allowed the board to occupy any 32-word block from 0773000 to 0773700, so longer programs could be accomodated with multiple cards.

The board came in two main variants: the M792 came fully populated with diodes, and the user removed diodes (either by de-soldering them, or clipping their leads) to produce the desired program; other variants, designated M792-Yx (where 'x' is a capital letter, starting with 'A') came pre-programmed from DEC to perform various functions.

Variants

Note that there are two variants of the -YA (see the link below).

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