Charles H. Dickman wrote:
Notes on the Clearpoint Q-RAM 44B memory card
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Chuck, this is good information! After reviewing your supplied info, I got to fiddling
with my board. As it turns out, there was a hand-written sticky label (with just the
number "225" on it) on the module handle. Must have been some previous owners
ID tag. Well, it's old enough that with my handling, it started to fall off, so I
just peeled it away. Underneath I found a small, but machine printed, label that reads
"44B". Though the etched markings indicate "11B", I must have the
same board that you have!
With that found out, I was confident in your information and tried the board in an 11/73
system. Sure enough it works great! All 2MB (1MW) is visible and though I haven't
run any serious memory tests, STRTRK runs fine under RT11.
For the record (and if you don't mind that I borrow your artwork) here are my jumper
configurations for 000000 base address; 256Kb chips; 2MB (1MW) memory size; parity CSR at
standard; and 22-bit bus:
1 0 |
A o== |
|
B o== 3 |
o== 2 |
o== 1 |
|
C ==o b1 |
==o b0 |
|
D o== 1M |
o== 512k |
o== 256k |
|
E o== 21 F ==o |
o== 20 ==o |
o== 19 ooo |
o== 18 |
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|
|
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A: 18 bit Q-Bus
1 = 18bit, 0 = 22bit
B: Parity Memory CSR Address
base address is 17772100 + bit jumpers
C: Chip size select
b1: bank 1: 1 = 256k chips, 0 = 64k chips
b0: bank 0: 1 = 256k chips, 0 = 64k chips
D: Memory Size
1M: 1 = 2M, 0 = 1M
512k: 1 = 1M, 0 = 512k
256k: 1 = 512k, 0 = 256k
E: Base address
1 = adr bit, 0 = adr bit
F: ?
I don't know how your F jumpers are set, but mine (as indicated above) don't seem
to hurt. Until we can find some documentation, I'm just going to leave them the way
they are. (Yes, F1 and F2 are jumpered to the left (1), and F3 is removed altogether.)
Thanks a lot!
J