Pdp11 still working in nuclear plants for 37 more years. The pdp11 was digitals successor to the hugely successful pdp8. The pdp 11 was digitals successor to the hugely successful pdp 8. The pdp11 is a series of 16bit minicomputers sold by digital equipment corporation dec from 1970 into the 1990s, one of a succession of products in the pdp series. A final version of the handbook will be available in the near future and can be obtained from your dec sales office see rear cover or upon written request from the digital equipment corporation, maynard, massachusetts 01754. A collection of scanned manuals from the hacker collective hack42. The pdp11 is considered by some experts to be the most popular minicomputer ever.
This documentsupersedes the document of thesamename, order no. This equipment complies with the requirements of directives 89336eec and 7323eec as amended by 9368. Instruction set list of instructions clr com inc dec neg tst asr asl ror rol adc sxt mov cmp add bit bic bis xor br bne bpl bge blt bgt ble bhis blo jmp jsr rts mark emt trap bpt iot rtt halt wait. This handbook described the pdp 11 45 instruction set and timings. Miscellaneous digital equipment corporation pdp11 information introduction a substantial effort has been put into making the documentation for the pdp11 provided by dec digital equipment corportation available online, for use by collectors, museums, etc, in keeping antique pdp11s running. The pdp 11 45 processor handbook from 1973, part number 67004732743 jn0930.
View and download digital equipment pdp 1160 manual online. French, english, spanish different language versions may vary sligthly in file size and page count. The pdp7 was a bookshelfsized minicomputer, with keyboard, magnetic and paper tape and printer io. The pdp11 is a family of upward compatible computer systems. The free demo version may be used for 30day commercial evaluation, or unlimited personalhobby use. Pioneer pdp 503pe service manual service manual 109 pages pioneer pro507pu service manual service manual 39 pages pioneer pro607pu service manual service manual 39 pages pioneer pwm6121 user manual dimensional drawing 1 pages pioneer high definition plasma television pro1hd user manual specifications 2 pages. A 2 kbyte, 300 nsec cache, organized as 2way set associative, with 4byte blocks, connected to what had been the fastbus highspeed memory interface on the pdp1145 cpu. Owners manual for pioneer pdp ar05ukuc, downloadable as a pdf file. This bootstrap is taken from the rx01rx02 pocket service guide, ekrx012ps002. Pdp 11 macro 11 language reference manual and the iasrsx macro 11 reference manual. This equipment complies with the requirements of directives 89336eec and 73 23eec as amended by 9368.
Loading or toggling in this data enables the pdp to boot from the floppy disk. Some are in pdf usually ocrd, so that you can search in doc, some others in txt format ocrd by somebody else. The pdp11 is a series of 16bit minicomputers sold by digital equipment corporation dec. This manual supersedes previous editions, order numbers aa50758tc, published 1980, aa5075atc, published 1977, and dec110imrabd, published 1976. The pdp1140 processor handbook mit csail parallel and. To select a pdp1170, type set cpu 1170 on simhs command prompt.
Our digital dec replacements are complete stateoftheart systems that replace the pdp11 cpu, memory, disks, tapes, and io controllers. These machines are often still doing production work, so unlike the pdp8, the software is not freely available. The power distribution panel pdp is the latest dc power interface for competition robotics. Our machine is the micro pdp1123 which offered minicomputer performance and software in a microsized package, but actually the machine was still quite a lump.
Os8 offers a versatile keyboard monitor which allows the user to con trol the flow of programs. This handbook describes the pdp 11 40, one of the latest computers in the pdp 11 family from digital equipment corporation dec. Different language versions may vary sligthly in file. As a computer its small by todays standards your cell phone has more compute power, but. Miscellaneous digital equipment corporation pdp 11 information introduction a substantial effort has been put into making the documentation for the pdp 11 provided by dec digital equipment corportation available online, for use by collectors, museums, etc, in keeping antique pdp 11 s running. The coverage of the pdp 12 programmed data processor contained in this user s handbook is preliminary. It then describes how to load and run pdp 11 basic on real pdp 11 hardware, and how it can be run instead on a modern windowsbased pc, under the opensource simh pdp 11 simulator.
Although it has no information on the pdp 11 40 microprocessor, it is the definitive document on the pdp 11 architecture as it has been implemented on the pdp 11 40. The pdp 7 was a bookshelfsized minicomputer, with keyboard, magnetic and paper tape and printer io. The pdp 11 70 was the first pdp 11 that uses cache memory. The power distribution panel pdp is the latest dc power.
The pdp1124 was a fourth generation pdp11 system designed to increase digitals penetration of the technical and commercial oem markets. In its first week of release digital received 150 orders. This type of operation occurs when the processor, as master, is fetching instructions, operands, and data from memory, and re storing the results into memory. Owners manual for pioneer pdp434, downloadable as a pdf file. Before every start, continue or single step command, the value of data switches is set to simhs sr switch reg registers. Pdp11 macro11 language reference manual macro11 reference. Desktop digital equipment pdt 11150 user manual 93 pages desktop digital equipment pdp12 reference manual. Some of these boxes can house other systems, than indicated below. Despite this, i cant find much information about the pdp 7s assembly syntax nor instruction set. This manual should be used with a systemspecific users guide aswell as alinker or ataskbuildermanual. A pdp11 simulator system manual may be purchased from the department office ms 247.
For example, instead of instructions such as load and store, the pdp11 has a. New systems will be compatible with existing family members. The coverage of the pdp12 programmed data processor contained in this users handbook is preliminary. Pioneer pdp506pe monitor service manual pdf viewdownload. A second cabinet next to the processor contains the system memory, either magnetic core, mos memory or a combination of both. This was the king of all minicomputers, and once you get past the amazing front panels of the 1120, 1140, and 1170, youll find. The new machine featured large scale integration, 1 mb memory capacity and the pdp11 unibus. The nupdp qbus replacement systems are built on an industrystandard platform, offering complete hardware and software compatibility. In addition to the keyboard monitor, os8 offers extensive io facilties at the monitor levglmany. Kdj11a cpu module users guide, digital equipment corporation. The user can choose the system which is most suitable for his application, but as needs change or grow he can easi. This handbook described the pdp1145 instruction set and timings. This manual assumes the user has little or no previous computer experience. According to wikipedia, the first version of unix then named unics was programmed in assembly on the pdp 7.
I have entered this code and my pdp 11 34a and my pdp 11 35 just boot fine. The fpp instructions were implemented in microcode, but a hardware fpp. In addition to the keyboard monitor, os8 offers extensive io. The pdp11 is perhaps the most important computer in history. The pdp 11 was a 16 bit machine and was launched in 1970. According to wikipedia, the first version of unix then named unics was programmed in assembly on the pdp7. Desktop digital equipment pdt 11150 user manual 93 pages. Like many who became acquainted with computers in the mid70s, one of the first machines i used was the dec pdp11. Before the pdp 11 i used at least the 23, 34, 44, 70, and 73 series, later the pro series, i used a couple of pdp 8 machines. How to load a bootstrap program and start the execution. A qbus processor using a 15mhz j11 chip from the pdp1173, but without. For instance, a pdp1173 kdj11a processor could be installed in a ba11n box. The pdp 11 44 incorporated the complete pdp 11 70 instruction set and memory expansion into 1mb in a lowercost package. The processor has kernel, supervisor and user modes and provides separate instruction and data spaces for each, which in turn, provides more addressable space to individual programs.
For instance, a pdp 11 73 kdj11a processor could be installed in a ba11n box. The machine was very close to the pdp1140 without memory management in its. Designed around the proven unibus architecture, the pdp 11 60 included user control store features previously unavailable from digital as well as several 11 70 class features such as cache memory and ramp. Cabinet and power supply manual 128 pages desktop digital equipment pdf10 system. Dec pdp 11 software source book volume 1 accouting to insurance topics. Now booting those 12bit wonders was a real lark, involving magic incantations, thumps, and a load of toggledin instructions. Pdp11 aims programming manual page 4 introduction section 1 ff all administrative programs for the multiuser system are wr it ten in aims, allowing the system manager to detennine completely the appearance of the system to its users, the login and logout procedures, access restrictions, and so on. Before the pdp11 i used at least the 23, 34, 44, 70, and 73 series, later the pro series, i used a couple of pdp8 machines. Their lifetime spanned a period of momentous changes in the computer world. Pdp11 simulator configuration the pdp11 was the most popular 16bit minicomputer. Introduced in march 1975, the pdp 11 70 is the bigest of the pdp 11s. The qbus pdp11s lsi11, 1123537393 dont implement a switchdisplay register, you will get a unibus timeout trap if you. Introduced by dec in 1970, it remained in active production until 1996.
Apr 26, 2018 the pdp11 is perhaps the most important computer in history. The pdp 11 is a family of upward compatible computer systems. Owners manual for pioneer pdp ar05ukuc, downloadable as a pdf file we also have service manual to this model manual details. Our digital dec replacements are complete stateoftheart systems that replace the pdp 11 cpu, memory, disks, tapes, and io controllers. One of the great things about pdp11s is the amount of information about them that is available. This page provides an overview of pdp 11 paper tape basic, and the computer equipment it was typically used with. Pdp 11 aims programming manual page 4 introduction section 1 ff all administrative programs for the multi user system are wr it ten in aims, allowing the system manager to detennine completely the appearance of the system to its users, the login and logout procedures, access restrictions, and so on. The computer on a board provided greater performance than the pdp1120 and maintained compatibility with the pdp11 systems that preceded it.
This processor was used in the pdp 11 53, pdp 11 73, pdp 11 83 and pdp 11 93 line of qbus computers. The information acts as a processor handbook in support of the pdp11 simulator system that defines an assembly language and simulator based upon the dec pdp1160, developed in the dept. This is the general reference manual for the pdp1140 system as seen by the pdp11 programmer. This page provides an overview of pdp11 paper tape basic, and the computer equipment it was typically used with. The matlab code getchannelmatrix and the associated explanation in the nyusim application code package are updated according to the new output data. These machines are often still doing production work, so unlike the pdp 8, the software is not freely available. Pdp unix preservation society a source for many of the original unix. Pdp 11 simulator configuration the pdp 11 was the most popular 16bit minicomputer. Later qbus based systems such as the lsi1123, 73, and 83 are based upon chip sets designed in house by digital equipment corporation. In a normal configuration, the pdp1170 processor is housed in one tall h960 industrial 19 cabinet.
Pioneer pdp503pe service manual service manual 109 pages pioneer pro507pu service manual service manual 39 pages pioneer pro607pu service manual service manual 39 pages pioneer pwm6121 user manual dimensional drawing 1 pages pioneer high definition plasma television pro1hd user manual specifications 2 pages. It then describes how to load and run pdp11 basic on real pdp11 hardware, and how it can be run instead on a modern windowsbased pc, under the opensource simh pdp11 simulator. In a normal configuration, the pdp 11 70 processor is housed in one tall h960 industrial 19 cabinet. The pdp1170 was a very high performance unibus pdp11 system. The pdp1173 was the third generation of the pdp11 series of 16bit minicomputers. A large proportion of the manuals and print sets produced by dec over the years are now online, at. Today more than half a million pdp 11 systems are still operating around the world. This manual supersedes previous editions, order numbers aa50758tc, published 1980, aa5075atc, published 1977, and dec 11 0imrabd, published 1976. Two of the most important changes was the addition of cache 2 kbyte of bipolar memory and the 22bit memory management. I have entered this code and my pdp14a and my pdp15 just boot fine. The qbus pdp11s lsi11, 1123537393 dont implement it, you will get a unibus timeout trap.
Ill go look at the 1173 description a latterday pdp11 from my viewpoint. Kt11c memory management unit maintenance manual 1974. Micropdpll73 to the most powerful micropdpll83 and pdpll84. This processor was used in the pdp1153, pdp1173, pdp1183 and pdp1193 line of qbus computers. Immediate download after payment delivered as a pdf file. The pdp uses can to connect directly to the roborio and allows for individual current monitoring on each channel.
This system permits use of a wide range of peripherals and all available core up to 32k. The pdp 11 is a series of computers introduced in 1969 1 by the digital equipment corporation dec, in production there from 19701990. Dec11ustmabd,published july 1975for the operatingsystems listed belowonly. Although it has no information on the pdp1140 microprocessor, it is the definitive document on the pdp11 architecture as it. Of the pdp11s built with blinking lights and switches, the largest was the 1170. Display the content of the pdp11 display register at 17777570. This is the general reference manual for the pdp 11 40 system as seen by the pdp 11 programmer. The pdp1170 was the first pdp11 that uses cache memory. Key features of the micropdp1183, included the new highperformance central processing module the kdj11bf and a private memory interconnect pmi. Information about commercial versions is available here. The pdp11 was a 16 bit machine and was launched in 1970. Pdp11 macro11 language reference manual and the iasrsx macro11 reference manual. Pdp1170mp multiprocessor technical manual preliminary 1977. Despite this, i cant find much information about the.
The pdp1140 processor handbook cover table of contents chapter 1. One of the great things about pdp 11 s is the amount of information about them that is available. Miscellaneous digital equipment corporation pdp11 information. The pdp 11 is a series of 16bit minicomputers sold by digital equipment corporation dec from 1970 into the 1990s, one of a succession of products in the pdp series. The pdp1145 processor handbook from 1973, part number 67004732743 jn0930. Developer of ersatz11, a software pdp11 emulator for msdos, windows, linux, os2, and baremetal pcs giving emulation speed far faster than the pdp1193. This manual should be used with a systemspecific user s guide aswell as alinker or ataskbuildermanual. Our machine is the micro pdp 11 23 which offered minicomputer performance and software in a microsized package, but actually the machine was still quite a lump. This was the king of all minicomputers, and once you get past the amazing front panels of.
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