PDP-11 memory question

From: Jonathan Engdahl <jrengdahl_at_safeaccess.com>
Date: Fri Jan 4 16:40:39 2002

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org
> [mailto:owner-classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of Tom Leffingwell
> Sent: Friday, January 04, 2002 4:10 PM
> ...
> my backplane is only 18-bit, while the new memory module is 22-bit. I've
> also read that the M8186 board is only 22-bit compatible after revision
> C. I can't find any mark on the board showing what revision it is. Is
> there another way to tell?
>

This link:

http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/academic/computer-science/history/pdp-11/hardware
/micronotes/numerical/micronote17.txt

explains the rev history of the KDF11-A (M8186) and shows how to identify
each rev.

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Received on Fri Jan 04 2002 - 16:40:39 GMT

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