Article 3635 of alt.sys.pdp10: Newsgroups: alt.sys.pdp10 Path: nntp1.ba.best.com!news1.best.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!ix.netcom.com!netcom11!alderson From: alderson@netcom11.netcom.com (Richard M. Alderson III) Subject: Re: PA1050 Error Messages on DEC20 In-Reply-To: inwap@best.com's message of 19 Jan 1998 20:06:14 -0800 Message-ID: Sender: alderson@netcom11.netcom.com Reply-To: alderson@netcom.com Organization: NETCOM On-line services References: <68iin3$i2e@snews2.zippo.com> <34b7ac18.0@news.wizvax.net> <34BAB34E.63E02FA1@nul.concentric.net> <6a17rm$q7c$1@shell3.ba.best.com> Date: Tue, 20 Jan 1998 20:38:53 GMT Lines: 41 Xref: nntp1.ba.best.com alt.sys.pdp10:3635 In article <6a17rm$q7c$1@shell3.ba.best.com> inwap@best.com (Smith and O'Halloran) writes: -Joe > PDP-10 Features TOAD-1 >==================== ====== >Year announced 1995 1994 -- e-mail to Tops-20 mailing list, Dec. 20 1994 >CPU type XKL XKL-1, technically >Clock speed nanoseconds ? 33MHz clock >Extended sections 4096 >G-floating Yes >Size of Cache ? 8000 cache lines X 2-way set-associative X 8 wds/line >I/O bus or Unibus Ethernet SCSI-2 FAST-WIDE (Ethernet isn't an I/O bus on our box) >Internal memory ? Yes >Height of cabinets shorter 19"w x 35"h x 25"d >Console Front-End builtin >Bootstrap device ROM >Runs TOPS-10 7.01 No >Runs TOPS-10 7.02 No >Runs TOPS-10 7.03/7.04 CTY Really, Tops-10 7.05 (a very late maintenance release) as that was the source tree given us by Digital (and no, I don't mean "DEC" in that context ;-) >Runs TOPS-20 rel 4 No >Runs TOPS-20 rel 5 No >Runs TOPS-20 rel 6 Yes No Runs TOPS-20 rel 7 Yes -- Rich Alderson You know the sort of thing that you can find in any dictionary of a strange language, and which so excites the amateur philo- logists, itching to derive one tongue from another that they know better: a word that is nearly the same in form and meaning as the corresponding word in English, or Latin, or Hebrew, or what not. --J. R. R. Tolkien, alderson@netcom.com _The Notion Club Papers_ Article 3646 of alt.sys.pdp10: Newsgroups: alt.sys.pdp10 Path: nntp1.ba.best.com!news1.best.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!206.214.99.1!ix.netcom.com!netcom11!alderson From: alderson@netcom11.netcom.com (Richard M. Alderson III) Subject: Additional Toad-1 specs [was Re: PA1050 Error Messages on DEC20] In-Reply-To: inwap@best.com's message of 21 Jan 1998 00:53:50 -0800 Message-ID: Sender: alderson@netcom11.netcom.com Reply-To: alderson@netcom.com Organization: NETCOM On-line services References: <68iin3$i2e@snews2.zippo.com> <6a17rm$q7c$1@shell3.ba.best.com> <6a4d2u$i4e$1@shell3.ba.best.com> Date: Thu, 22 Jan 1998 18:07:55 GMT Lines: 19 Xref: nntp1.ba.best.com alt.sys.pdp10:3646 In article <6a4d2u$i4e$1@shell3.ba.best.com> inwap@best.com (Smith and O'Halloran) writes: >Thanks. What is the maximum amount of memory it supports? In the released version of Tops-20, 32MW (one XMG-1 memory board). We have since made experimental versions of the OS that support multiple boards. Those who have never seen the specs of the Toad-1 should be made aware that it has a 7-slot active backplane; the default configuration is 1 each of the XKL-1 CPU, XMG-1 memory, XRH-1 4-port SCSI, and XNI-1 4-port Ethernet. Depending on application, an additional memory or SCSI is not an unreasonable addition, but the older applications for which we originally targeted the system didn't need that much memory or I/O (one SCSI board can support up to 60 devices). -- Rich Alderson You know the sort of thing that you can find in any dictionary of a strange language, and which so excites the amateur philo- logists, itching to derive one tongue from another that they know better: a word that is nearly the same in form and meaning as the corresponding word in English, or Latin, or Hebrew, or what not. --J. R. R. Tolkien, alderson@netcom.com _The Notion Club Papers_ Article 5264 of alt.sys.pdp10: Message-ID: <375A8AC3.303A4A66@jetnet.ab.ca> Date: Sun, 06 Jun 1999 08:50:43 -0600 From: bfranchuk X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (X11; I; Linux 2.0.36 i586) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: alt.sys.pdp10 Subject: A new PDP-10 !? Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit NNTP-Posting-Host: 207.153.6.35 X-Trace: 6 Jun 1999 08:41:34 -0700, 207.153.6.35 Lines: 32 Path: news3.best.com!news2.best.com!newshub.northeast.verio.net!cyclone.news.idirect.com!island.idirect.com!news.oanet.com!207.153.6.35 Xref: news3.best.com alt.sys.pdp10:5264 Found this under "List of FPGA-based Computing Machines" http://www.io.com/~guccione/HW_list.html XKL-1 FPGA Devices: 2 Xilinx XC4010E-3 On-board RAM: 2 x 8K x 8 x 36 cache 2 x 8K x 38 pager (TLB) 8K x 36 scratchpad External bus: XKL proprietary 2Gbit/sec active backplane bus Interconnect: None Contact: Product Information XKL Systems Corp. 8420 154th Avenue NE Redmond, WA 98052 np-info@nospam.xkl.com Notes: This is the CPU for the TOAD-1, a 36-bit computer instruction-set compatible with the Digital Equipment Corporation PDP-10 family of computers (best known as the DECsystem-10 and DECSYSTEM-20, defined by the respective operating systems Tops-10 and Tops-20). The FPGAs are used for all arithmetic, including floating-point and byte-selection operations. (Note: The PDP-10 architecture is word-oriented, with byte size and position within the 36-bit word defined by a pointer word which also contains the word address.) Article 5266 of alt.sys.pdp10: Newsgroups: alt.sys.pdp10 Path: news3.best.com!news2.best.com!feed1.news.rcn.net!rcn!newsfeed.enteract.com!ix.netcom.com!netcom2!alderson From: alderson@netcom2.netcom.com (Richard M. Alderson III) Subject: Re: A new PDP-10 !? In-Reply-To: bfranchuk's message of Sun, 06 Jun 1999 08:50:43 -0600 Message-ID: Sender: alderson@netcom2.netcom.com Reply-To: alderson@netcom.com Organization: NETCOM On-line services References: <375A8AC3.303A4A66@jetnet.ab.ca> Date: Mon, 7 Jun 1999 23:24:08 GMT Lines: 17 Xref: news3.best.com alt.sys.pdp10:5266 In article <375A8AC3.303A4A66@jetnet.ab.ca> bfranchuk writes: >Found this under "List of FPGA-based Computing Machines" >http://www.io.com/~guccione/HW_list.html [ snip ] Never thought about it, but Mr. Guccione should have included dates on his pages; I supplied that info to him two or three years ago. XKL has been in business since 1991; we shipped beta Toad-1 systems to customer sites starting in October, 1995; merchantable units shipped from April, 1996. -- Rich Alderson Last LOTS Tops-20 Systems Programmer, 1984-1991 Current maintainer, MIT TECO EMACS (v. 170) last name @ XKL dot COM Chief systems administrator, XKL LLC, 1998-now Article 310 of alt.sys.pdp10: Path: nntp1.ba.best.com!news2.best.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.gtei.net!firehose.mindspring.com!news.mindspring.com!alderson From: alderson@netcom2.netcom.com (Richard M. Alderson III) Newsgroups: alt.sys.pdp10 Subject: XKL is hiring Date: 28 Jul 2000 18:50:56 GMT Organization: NETCOM On-line services Lines: 20 Message-ID: Reply-To: alderson@netcom.com NNTP-Posting-Host: c7.b7.09.66 X-Server-Date: 28 Jul 2000 18:51:54 GMT Xref: nntp1.ba.best.com alt.sys.pdp10:310 Hi, folks! We have a major hiring push on at XKL. The new stuff is not directly PDP-10 related, but there are lots of Toad-1 Systems in the house. What we're working on is extremely exciting. Details are available at our (temporary) revamped website, www.xkl.com. For today, a different signature: Richard M. Alderson, III Manager, Systems Administration XKL LLC 8420 154th Avenue NE Redmond, WA 98052-3800 425-869-9050 425-861-7863 (FAX) P. S. 98052(10) = 277404(8). Article 316 of alt.sys.pdp10: Path: nntp1.ba.best.com!news1.best.com!newshub.sdsu.edu!news-hog.berkeley.edu!ucberkeley!newsswitch.lcs.mit.edu!feed2.onemain.com!feed1.onemain.com!news-out.cwix.com!newsfeed.cwix.com!nwnews.wa.com!brokaw.wa.com!not-for-mail From: katz@halcyon.com (Alan Katz) Newsgroups: alt.sys.pdp10 Subject: Re: XKL is hiring Date: 28 Jul 2000 15:52:29 -0700 Organization: XKL LLC Lines: 12 Message-ID: <8lt2rd$gb2$1@halcyon.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: king.halcyon.com X-Trace: brokaw.wa.com 964824750 3395 206.63.63.10 (28 Jul 2000 22:52:30 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: 28 Jul 2000 22:52:30 GMT Xref: nntp1.ba.best.com alt.sys.pdp10:316 Let me second this. If you would like to get paid to work with TOPS20 and code in Macro10 (and live in the Northwest), send us your resume or look at our web site. I'd be glad to answer questions. Alan Katz (Katz@XKL.Com) Software Engineering Lead, XKL-LLC Redmond, WA 98052 Article 1476 of alt.sys.pdp10: From: Neil Franklin Newsgroups: alt.sys.pdp10 Subject: Re: PDP-10 in an FPGA chip (was Re: Timothy Stark's effort) Date: 08 Oct 2000 23:45:21 +0200 Organization: My own Private Self Lines: 44 Message-ID: <6uzokfhury.fsf@chonsp.franklin.ch> References: <39D163D1.C119CCF1@bartek.net> <39D16BC9.F048C9D2@bartek.net> <8qslsk$jom$3@bob.news.rcn.net> <39D1F581.CE63E00C@bartek.net> <8qv92s$es9$6@bob.news.rcn.net> <39D3BD18.639FF1AC@bartek.net> <6u7l7tbhos.fsf_-_@chonsp.franklin.ch> <39D55251.36123656@jetnet.ab.ca> <8rf8qg$r1c$4@bob.news.rcn.net> <8rhj10$9rp$3@bob.news.rcn.net> <39DD28B9.9CAE8313@bellatlantic.net> <8rkcmk$a4v$1@bob.news.rcn.net> <39DE4002.FB9CDDFB@bellatlantic.net> <39DF3A68.1F73A353@bellatlantic.net> X-Complaints-To: news@chonsp.franklin.ch NNTP-Posting-Date: 8 Oct 2000 21:45:23 GMT X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.7/Emacs 20.4 NNTP-Posting-Host: dua131221.dialup800-stat.ethz.ch X-Trace: 8 Oct 2000 23:47:24 +0100, dua131221.dialup800-stat.ethz.ch Path: nntp1.ba.best.com!news1.best.com!newsfeed.mathworks.com!EU.net!npeer.kpnqwest.net!news2.kpn.net!news.kpn.net!newsfeeds.belnet.be!news.belnet.be!news-ge.switch.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!chonsp.franklin.ch!not-for-mail Xref: nntp1.ba.best.com alt.sys.pdp10:1476 "justme.bob" writes: > I bet I could get some good folks on the left coast to > put together a toad 2 or 3. And we are back on topic (FPGA PDP-10s)! From: http://www.io.com/~guccione/HW_list.html#XKL-1 ---------- XKL-1 FPGA Devices: 2 Xilinx XC4010E-3 On-board RAM: 2 x 8K x 8 x 36 cache 2 x 8K x 38 pager (TLB) 8K x 36 scratchpad External bus: XKL proprietary 2Gbit/sec active backplane bus Interconnect: None Contact: Product Information XKL Systems Corp. 8420 154th Avenue NE Redmond, WA 98052 np-info@nospam.xkl.com Notes: This is the CPU for the TOAD-1, a 36-bit computer instruction-set compatible with the Digital Equipment Corporation PDP-10 family of computers (best known as the DECsystem-10 and DECSYSTEM-20, defined by the respective operating systems Tops-10 and Tops-20). The FPGAs are used for all arithmetic, including floating-point and byte-selection operations. (Note: The PDP-10 architecture is word-oriented, with byte size and position within the 36-bit word defined by a pointer word which also contains the word address.) ---------- I just found that page yesterday evening. -- Neil Franklin, neil@franklin.ch.remove http://neil.franklin.ch/ Nerd, Geek, Hacker, Unix Guru, Sysadmin, Roleplayer, LARPer, Mystic Article: 21549 of alt.sys.pdp10 Path: iad-read.news.verio.net!dfw-artgen!sjc-peer.news.verio.net!news.verio.net!newsfeed.berkeley.edu!ucberkeley!newspeer.monmouth.com!newsfeed.mathworks.com!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!panix!not-for-mail From: Rich Alderson Newsgroups: alt.sys.pdp10 Subject: Re: XKL arch ref manual - font-related problems Date: 20 Oct 2003 14:37:45 -0400 Organization: Systems Administration, XKL LLC, Redmond WA 98052 Lines: 34 Sender: alderson+news@panix5.panix.com Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: panix5.panix.com X-Trace: reader1.panix.com 1066675065 4639 166.84.1.5 (20 Oct 2003 18:37:45 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@panix.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2003 18:37:45 +0000 (UTC) X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.7/Emacs 20.7 Xref: dfw-artgen alt.sys.pdp10:21549 "Timothy Stark" writes: > Hello folks, > I tried to read that XKL arch ref manual but its font are so fuzzy and > blurry (difficult to read) on Acrobat Reader because I do not have > postscript viewer for Windows. I converted them to PDF files through > Acrobat Distiller. However, I can read them clearly on Linux platform by > using Ghostscript viewer. However, with TOPS-20 assembly programming > manual (learning book), > I can read them clearly because they uses true-type fonts on Acrobat. No, they do not. They use Type 1 fonts. > When I magnified fonts by 1600%, I noticed that fonts are blocky instead of > smooth (not true-type fonts). Yes, it did not use true-type fonts. No, nor did it use Type 1 fonts, which were not yet available when the manual was put into Postscript format. > Does anyone have know which good postscript viewer is best for that manual > to read clearly? Use Ghostscript for Windows--but since the fonts used in the document are converted Metafont in Type 3 format, they will still be blocky. I suggest that you write to webmaster@xkl.com and ask politely that they make a PDF of the architecture manual available on their website. -- Rich Alderson | /"\ ASCII ribbon | news@alderson.users.panix.com | \ / campaign against | "You get what anybody gets. You get a lifetime." | x HTML mail and | --Death, of the Endless | / \ postings |