172 BEGINNING OF THE MINICOMPUTER
Table 6. Options for DEC's 18-Bit Computers*
|
PDP-1 |
PDP-4 |
PDP-7 |
PDP-9 |
PDP-15 |
|
|
Multiply/Divide |
Std. |
[18] EAE |
[177] |
- |
EAE opt. floating-point opt. |
|
Priority interrupt |
1 ch. std.;[120] -16 ch.; also 256 ch. |
1 ch.std. |
1 ch.std. [172] 16 ch. |
1 ch. std; 8 opt. |
1 ch. std; 8opt. |
|
Direct Memory Access |
[19]3 ch. |
1 std.; 3 opt. |
[173]3 ch. |
+1 to mem. (std.) |
Up to 64 |
|
Clock |
Yes |
1 std.; [132] l6 ch. |
Opt. |
Opt. |
Opt. |
|
Power failure |
N/A |
Std. |
- |
- |
Opt. |
|
Memory protect |
4-Kword core images |
None |
[KA70A] base and bounds |
[KA70A] |
[KA70A] |
|
Secondary Memory |
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|
Magtape (prog. control) |
[51] - [50] 200 b/i |
[54]- [50] 200 b/i |
- |
- |
- |
|
Magtape (DMA) |
[52]-[50] [510]-[IBM 729] |
[57A] -[50 or 570] 556 b/i |
[57A] -[50 or 570] |
[TC59] - [TU20] |
[TC59] - [TU20 or TU30] |
|
Drums |
[23] |
[24]16 Kw...65 Kw |
[24] 32 Kw...131 Kw |
32 Kw...524 Kw |
- |
|
Fixed disks |
N/A |
- |
- |
[RS09]1 Mw |
[RS09]-262 Kw...2 Mw |
|
Disk Pack |
- |
- |
- |
- |
[RP02]-10 Mw |
|
DECtape |
N/A |
[550] - [555] |
[550A] - [555] |
[TC02] - [TU55] |
[TC02] - [TU55] |
|
Links |
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|
Inter-Computer |
- |
- |
[195] DB97 |
DB98,99 |
DB98,99 |
|
To 7090 |
[150]10 Kw/s |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Communications |
8 ch. up to 256 |
- |
[630] 64 ch. [634] 8 ch. |
[630] 64 ch. [LT09] 5 ch. |
[LT19] |
|
To other computer buses |
- |
- |
- |
To PDP-7 |
[DW15] to PDP-15 |
*The DEC-assigned option number is given in square brackets. e.g.. [177].