Massbus - was: Re: VAX 11/750
Chris Zach
cz at alembic.crystel.com
Thu Feb 25 13:04:54 CST 2021
That is at least one RH11-AB in there, minus the knucklebusters of course.
On 2/25/2021 1:49 PM, Bill Degnan wrote:
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> On Thu, Feb 25, 2021 at 1:43 PM Chris Zach via cctalk
> <cctalk at classiccmp.org <mailto:cctalk at classiccmp.org>> wrote:
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> Oh this is fun stuff. Is there a specification write-up anywhere on the
> MASSBUS overall?
>
> For example I wonder if the RH70 could do a transfer >128kb at a time.
> Another is around the RH11: There were two models, the traditional RH11
> (which could only do so many words on a DMA transfer) and the RH11-C
> which could do more words per transaction by basically running the
> Unibus in "Hog mode". That allowed the 2020 to run RM03's at a full
> 3600
> RPM (and I assume can allow the 2020 to run things like RM80's).
>
> Another item I always wondered about was the RH11's support of two
> unibuses. I think the idea was to do the data transfers on the second
> bus right to an 11/45's FASTBUS memory without worrying about DMA
> timeouts while running the control and status registers on the normal
> UNIBUS (which wouldn't block other devices). I wonder, does the MBA on
> an 11/70 use similar cards to an RH11?
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> C
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> I have a UNIBUS array of backplanes from an Industrial 11/40 that has a
> lot of MASBUS controllers in it. Or, I think that's what these are. I
> removed the backplane chassis from the rack and replaced it with two
> RL02 drives.
> https://www.vintagecomputer.net/digital/PDP11-40_industrial11/DEC_industrial11_exp_chassis.jpg
> <https://www.vintagecomputer.net/digital/PDP11-40_industrial11/DEC_industrial11_exp_chassis.jpg>
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