DEC Omnibus Modules
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the PDP-8/E Hardware Documentation
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DEC Omnibus Modules
Part of
the PDP-8/E Hardware Documentation
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The following is an attempt at a fairly exhaustive list of OMNIBUS boards that are known to have existed. Any and all help I can get in fixing this list would be useful, particularly, I would like to complete and correct the mappings from board numbers to option names and their meanings, and in cases where multiple suffixes existed, I would like to figure out the differences.
NUMBER OPTION MEANING (SOURCE) 54-9057 KC8EA PDP-8/E Programmer's Console 54-9668 KC8FL PDP-8/F Programmer's Console 54-9668 KC8ML PDP-8/M Programmer's Console . KC8AA PDP-8/A Programmer's Console A231 AD8EA Analog to Digital Converter A231 AD8E Analog to Digital Converter A232 AH8EA Multiplexor for AD8EA A841 AD8EA Analog to Digital Converter G111 MM8EJ 8K Memory sense/inhibit G111C MM8EJ 8K Memory sense/inhibit G104 MM8E 4K Memory sense/inhibit G104C MM8E 4K Memory sense/inhibit G105 MP8E Memory sense/inhibit G227 MM8E Memory X/Y drivers G227C MM8E Memory X/Y drivers G227 MP8E Memory X/Y drivers G233E MM8EJ 8K Memory X/Y drivers G619 MM8E Memory stack G619A MM8E Memory stack (B,M) G649 MM8AA PDP8A 8K Memory stack (hex wide) G646C MM8EJ 8K Memory stack G650 MM8AB PDP8A 16K Memory stack (hex wide) H216 MR8E 256-word braided wire ROM (requires M880) H212 MM8EJ 8K Memory stack H219A MM8AA PDP8A 8K Memory control (hex wide) H219B MM8AB PDP8A 16K Memory control (hex wide) H220 MM8E Memory stack H220 MP8E Memory stack . MS8DJ PDP8A 32K semiconductor memory module M1703 . 12 bit word 8/e bus interface (input only?) M1703C . M1705 . dual 12 bit omnibus output interface M1709 . Omnibus foundation module (multiword custom I/O) M512 DK8ED M518 DK8EP Lab Programmable Real Time Clock (requires M860) M518 DK8EF Lab Programmable Real Time Clock with lab panel DK8ES M518 DS8EA Schmidt Trigger M7104 RK8E RK05 Disk Interface M7105 RK8E RK05 Disk Interface M7106 RK8E RK05 Disk Interface M7107 RKS8E RK05 Disk Interface (word-count module) M8300 KK8E Major registers M8302 LV8 Versatec printer/plotter interface M8310 KK8E Major register control M8311 MS8-AA PDP-8/A Read/Write RAM (1K) M8311 MS8-AB PDP-8/A Read/Write RAM (2K) M8311 MS8-AD PDP-8/A Read/Write RAM (4K) M8315 KK8A PDP-8/A CPU board (hex wide) M8316 DKC8AA PDP-8/A I/O serial/parallel/clock (hex wide) M8317 KM8AA PDP-8/A bootstrap, powerfail (hex wide) M8317 KM8AB PDP-8/A Memory extender (hex wide) M8317YC KM8AC PDP-8/A Memory extender, bootstrap, powerfail (hex wide) M8319 KL8A PDP-8/A 4 channel serial I/O M8320 KK8E Bus loads M8321 TM8E Magtape output control module M8322 TM8E Magtape control and data break module M8323 TM8E Magtape transport status and control module M8326 DB8EA Interprocessor buffer M8327 TM8E Magtape register module M8329 LC8E Parallel interface to DEC-writer I M833 KK8E Timing board, good only for 4K TTY systems M8330 KK8E Timing board, replaces M833 M8330YA KK8E Timing board, replaces M8330, handles MR8E memory stalls M8330YB KM8F Timing board, replaces M8330 M8331 TA8E DEC Cassette control M8335 VT8E M8336 VT8E Video Display Clock and Frequency Divider M8337 VT8E Video Display Line Buffer Module M8340 KE8E Extended arithmetic element M8341 KE8E Extended arithmetic element M8342 LP8E Centronics printer control (replaces M8329) M8349 MR8F UV-erasable EPROM memory overlay M835 . M8350 KA8E External positive I/O bus interface M8357 RX8E RX01/RX02 interface M8360 KD8E Data Break Interface M8365 LC8P LA180 printer control M8366 LQP8E LQP01 printer control M837 MC8E Extended Memory and Time Share Control M837 KM8E Extended Memory and Time Share Control M8371 RK8L Two board set replaces RK8E on PDP-8/A systems M8372 RK8L Two board set replaces RK8E (never released? several survive) M839 DP8EA Synchronous Modem . DP8EB Synchronous Modem (Bell series 300 modem) M840 PC8E High speed paper tape reader/punch M841 LE8 Data Products line printer control M8410 FPP8A Floating Point Processor control for PDP-8/A M8411 FPP8A Floating Point Processor data for PDP-8/A M8416 KT8AA PDP8A Memory Management (hex wide) M8417 MSC8AA PDP8A 16K MOS Memory (hex wide) M8417 MSC8AB PDP8A 32K MOS Memory (hex wide) M8417 MSC8DJ PDP8A 128K MOS Memory (hex wide) M8418 MSC8JC PDP8A 128K using Fujitsu MB8116E 16K DRAM chips (hex wide) M842 XY8E X/Y Plotter Control M843 CR8E Card reader control M8430 KW8EW Alarm timer M8433 RL8A Disk controller for RL01/02 (hex wide) M847 MI8E Hardware Bootstrap Loader M847 MI8EN Hardware Bootstrap Loader for RK8E M847 MI8EP Hardware Bootstrap Loader for RX01/RX02 M848 KP8E Power fail and auto-restart M849 KK8E RFI shield M860 DK8ED Programmable Real Time Clock M860 DK8EF Programmable Real Time Clock M860 DK8EP Programmable Real Time Clock M863 DR8E 12 Channel Buffered Digital I/O . DR8EA 12 Channel Buffered Digital I/O M866 DP8EA Synchronous Modem (Bell series 200 modem) . DP8EB Synchronous Modem (Bell series 300 modem) M865 . Console Teletype Control (current loop only) M8650 KL8E Asynchronous Data Control (current loop or RS232) M8652 KL8F Double-buffered asynch terminal control (UART based) M8653 KL8M Modem Control, used with KL8* to provide data ready stuff M8655 KL8JA Terminal Control (UART based substitute for M8650) M868 TD8E DECtape Control M869 VC8E (requires M885) M880 MR8E 256r-word ROM controller (requires H216 core stack) M882 DK8EA Real Time Clock (Line Frequency) M8830 DK8EC Real Time Clock (Crystal, 100Hz) M884 KG8E Parity Generator Detector for DP8E M885 VC8E (requires M869) M935 . OMNIBUS bridge (joins two adjacent backplane segments) Cables BC01V Subset of BC05C with only some of the RS232 secondary lines. BC05C Standard RS232 serial cable (40 pin Berg to DB25) BC08H Omnibus extension cable (needs 2) BC80C Omnibus to PDP-8/A hex board extension cable (Y shaped)