Pete Turnbull wrote:
On 22/05/2007
20:23, Johnny Billquist wrote:
(Do anyone know if an 11/94 with 2 megs on board
could use an
external 2 megs?)
Since all the relevant QBus and PMI signals must be on the CPU card,
in order that the KDJ11 and the KTJ11 can communicate, and everything
else is the same as an 11/84, it ought to work. The only issue I can
think of is that the 11/94 uses parity memory, whereas the most common
11/84 memory cards are MSV11-J ECC memory. Presumably using MSV11-RA
parity memory would get round that, if it were a problem.
Jerome Fine replies:
EVERY time DEC answered that question, the answer
was ALWAYS that the PDP-11/93 CPU is NOT allowed or
able to use memory on the Qbus. I can attempt to find
and old DEC catalogue, but I VERY clearly remember
reading that Qbus memory of any kind was NOT allowed
when a PDP-11/93 was used on the Qbus.
Of course, considering that DEC sold the extra memory
for about $ 3000 for the extra 2 MB (the PDP-11/93 board
had 2 versions - 2 MB and 4 MB of memory), there might
have been hidden reason for the information.
Does anyone have a 2 MB PDP-11/93 board and have any extra
memory active (NOT as fast probably but it still works)
and running without any problems on the Qbus?
Sincerely yours,
Jerome Fine
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