The PDP-11 architecture is a 16-bit CISC instruction set architecture (ISA) developed by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC). It is implemented by central...
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The PDP–11 is a series of 16-bit minicomputers originally sold by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) from 1970 into the late 1990s, one of a set of products...
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operating system became widely used. The PDP-10's architecture is almost identical to that of DEC's earlier PDP-6, sharing the same 36-bit word length and...
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ports of changes from the VAX-based releases of BSD back to the PDP-11 architecture. 2.9BSD from 1983 included code from 4.1cBSD, and was the first release...
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RT-11 (Real-time 11) is a discontinued small, low-end, single-user real-time operating system for the full line of Digital Equipment Corporation PDP-11 16-bit...
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computers: BK-0010, BK-0011, and BK-0011M. They were based on the PDP-11 architecture by Digital Equipment Corporation. ANDOS was created in 1990 and released...
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and general computing. RSX-11 began as a port to the PDP-11 architecture of the earlier RSX-15 operating system for the PDP-15 minicomputer, first released...
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systems, mostly for the PDP-11 architecture. Microsoft's first operating system, MDOS/MIDAS, was designed along many of the PDP-11 features, but for microprocessor...
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Addressing mode (category Computer architecture)
Philip (1989). "Architecture of the RTX 32P". Stack Computers. PDP-11 Architecture Handbook (PDF). Digital Equipment Corporation. 1973. PDP-11/45 Processor...
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Unibus (category PDP-11)
was the earliest of several computer bus and backplane designs used with PDP-11 and early VAX systems manufactured by the Digital Equipment Corporation...
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much longer instruction words. The PDP-8's predecessor, the PDP-5, shared many architectural features with the 18-bit PDP-4. It also used ideas from several...
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and RAM from 512 B to 512 KB. The basic architecture of the H8 is patterned after the DEC PDP-11 architecture, with eight 16-bit registers (the H8/300H...
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The PDP-6, short for Programmed Data Processor model 6, is a computer developed by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) during 1963 and first delivered...
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program initially included two major architectural lines based on DEC PDP-11 architecture and HP 2100 architecture. Later the program included a family...
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Processor register (category Computer architecture)
architecture, registers are typically addressed by mechanisms other than main memory, but may in some cases be assigned a memory address e.g. DEC PDP-10...
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Idris (operating system) (category PDP-11)
written for the PDP-11 by P. J. Plauger, who started working on Idris in August 1978. It was binary compatible with Unix V6 on PDP-11, but it could run...
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Programmed Data Processor (redirect from PDP-3)
million dollars or more." Its architectural successors as 18-bit machines were the PDP-4, PDP-7, PDP-9, and the PDP-15. PDP-2 A number reserved for an unbuilt...
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Digital Equipment Corporation (section PDP-11 (1970))
The company produced a series of machines known as the PDP line, with the PDP-8 and PDP-11 being among the most successful minis in history. Their success...
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"Chapter 3: Data Representation". PDP-11 Architecture Handbook. Digital Equipment Corporation. 1983. VAX-11 Architecture Handbook. Digital Equipment Corporation...
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Capability Hardware Enhanced RISC Instructions (category Computer architecture)
the PDP-11: Architectural Support for a Memory-Safe C Abstract Machine". Proceedings of the Twentieth International Conference on Architectural Support...
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described the same PDP-5 used by the United States Coast Guard. The architecture of the PDP-5 was specified by Alan Kotok and Gordon Bell; the principal logic...
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the PDP-6 architecture by Harrison "Dit" Morse early in the 1960s. It was subsequently implemented for DEC's operating systems for PDP-10, PDP-11, and...
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palette of 512 colors The series of Soviet home computers based on PDP-11 architecture The K1801VP1-037 with 600 logic elements It was one of the biggest...
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VAX (section Processor architecture)
memory while still being compatible with unmodified user mode PDP-11 code. The name "VAX-11", used on early models, was chosen to highlight this capability...
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the big-endian format. Solely big-endian architectures include the IBM z/Architecture and OpenRISC. The PDP-11 minicomputer, however, uses little-endian...
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this space. By the early 1970s, most minis were 16-bit, including DEC's PDP-11. For a time, "minicomputer" was almost synonymous with "16-bit", as the...
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DECSYSTEM-20 (redirect from PDP-20)
as a way of differentiating them from the PDP-11. Later on, those systems running TOPS-20 (on the KL10 PDP-10 processors) were labeled DECSYSTEM-20 (the...
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Orthogonal instruction set (category Instruction set architectures)
the PDP-11". University of Sydney. "PDP-11 instruction reference" (PDF). University of Toronto. "Another Approach to Instruction Set Architecture—VAX"...
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x86-64 architecture used in newer Intel and AMD processors. Several models of the PDP-11, such as the PDP-11/45, PDP-11/34a,: 184–185 PDP-11/44,: 195...
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set architecture (ISA). The WD16 implements an extension of the PDP-11 instruction set architecture but is not machine code compatible with the PDP-11. The...
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