"Jay West" <jwest at classiccmp.org> wrote:
3) An MDB systems "MDB-DR11C". What exactly
is this? Is it the same as a DEC
DR11C?
Pretty much. A non-DMA parallel port.
What was it commonly used for?
Most commonly used for digital data acquisition or as a generic interface
to any device with a word you want to put to/from the Unibus. With a little
bit of logic level inversion can interface to a parallel printer or plotter.
Not high bandwidth, that would use a DMA parallel port like a DR11-W.
Occasionally used as inter-CPU communication channel.
Also in the box was an ACT "10015000"
which I'm guessing may be a 4-slu card?
That's a pretty nifty implementation of 4 DL11's onto a single
Unibus board. This the one that's a hex-height board but with a
cutout so you can use it in a slot with a Unibus cable on the last
two places, right?
Tim.