Unibus disk controller with modern storage

[Guy Sotomayor Jr]

> On Oct 21, 2016, at 11:41 AM, Paul Koning <paulkoning at comcast.net> wrote:
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>> On Oct 20, 2016, at 6:05 PM, Noel Chiappa <jnc at mercury.lcs.mit.edu> wrote:
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>>> From: David Bridgham
>> 
>>> the right threshold voltage to meet the receiver spec
>> 
>> The UNIBUS spec says the 4 crucial receiver parameters are input thresholds
>> (high and low), and the input currents (high and low); the crucial
>> transmitter parameters are the output low voltage (at 50 mA sink), and
>> the output high leakage current.
> 
> Where did you find those specs?  I see a Unibus Spec on Bitsavers, but it doesn't appear to mention the electrical specs.
> 

They exist in various DEC handbooks.  I don’t recall which one had them.

The specs are fairly stringent in order to meet the max unibus bus lengths (my 11/40 is close to max).

TTFN - Guy