PDP-12 User Handbook (Preliminary)


Foreword

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Corporate Copyright Information

DEC-12-GRZA-D

PDP-12
USER HANDBOOK
PRELIMINARY


1st printing April 1969
2nd printing June 1969
3rd printing August 1969
4th printing November 1969

Copyright 1969 © by Digital Equipment Corporation

The following are trademarks of Digital Equipment Corporation, Maynard, Massachusetts:

DEC, PDP, FLIP CHIP, FOCAL, DIGITAL, COMPUTER LAB


ABSTRACT

The coverage of the PDP-12 Programmed Data Processor contained in this User's Handbook is preliminary. A final version of the handbook will be available in the near future and can be obtained from your DEC sales office (see Rear Cover) or upon written request from the Digital Equipment Corporation, Maynard, Massachusetts 01754.


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PDP-12 Programmed Data Processor


Table of Contents

  1. GENERAL DESCRIPTION

    1. Description
      1. System
      2. Central Processor
      3. Memory
      4. Operating Modes
      5. Input/Output Facilities and Display
    2. Symbols and Abbreviations

  2. CONTROLS AND INDICATORS

    1. PDP-12 Console Controls and Indicators
    2. Data Terminal Panel
    3. Type VR-12 Oscilloscope
    4. Type TU55 Tape Transport
    5. Model ASR-33 Teletype Controls

  3. LINC MODE PROGRAMMING

      Section I. ORGANIZATION OF MEMORY

    1. Program Counter
    2. Instruction and Data Field Registers
    3. Instruction Field Reserved Locations
    4. Data Field Reserved Locations

      Section II. MEMORY ADDRESSING METHODS

    5. Direct Addressing
    6. Indirect Address: B-Class
      1. B-Registers
      2. B-Register Indexing
    7. Addressing, a-Class

      Section III. LINC MODE INSTRUCTIONS

    8. Instruction Formats
    9. Instruction Descriptions
    10. Full-Word Data Transfers
    11. Full-Word Arithmetic
      1. Overflow
      2. Instructions
    12. Full-Word Logic
    13. Full-Word Comparison
    14. Half-Word Operations
      1. Half-Word Addressing
    15. a-Class Operation
    16. Program Control
    17. Shift and Rotate Operations
    18. Skips
    19. Miscellaneous
    20. Console Switches
    21. Mode Control
    22. Memory Addressing Control
      1. Instruction Field Buffer (IB) 5 Bits
      2. Save Field Register (SF) 10 Bits
      3. Memory Control Programming
    23. Program Interrupt
    24. Special Functions
    25. Instruction Trap
      1. Tape Trap
      2. Program Interrupt and Instruction Trap

      Section IV. CRT DISPLAY

    26. Half-Size Characters
    27. Character Set
    28. Point Displays
    29. Character Displays

      Section V. DATA TERMINAL PANELS

    30. Analog Inputs
    31. Relays

      Section VI. LINCTAPE

    32. Organization of Data
    33. Programming
    34. Tape Motion
    35. LINCtape instructions
    36. Extended Operations
      1. Extended Address Format
      2. Extended Units
      3. Tape Interrupt Enable
      4. No Pause Condition
      5. Hold Unit Motion
      6. Mark Condition
      7. Maintenance Mode
      8. Tape Trap

  4. PDP-8 MODE PROGRAMMING

      Section I. ORGANIZATION OF MEMORY

    1. Organization
    2. Page 0
    3. Extended Memory

      Section II. MEMORY ADDRESSING METHODS

    4. Direct Addressing
    5. Indirect Addressing
    6. Autoindexing

      Section III. PDP-8 INSTRUCTIONS

    7. Memory Reference instructions
    8. Operate Instructions
      1. Operate Class: Group I
      2. Combined Operations: Group I
      3. Operate Class: Group II
      4. Combined Skips In Group II
      5. Input/Output Transfer Class


      Section IV. PROGRAM INTERRUPT, PDP-8 MODE

    9. Operation
    10. Using the Interrupt

      Section V. EXTENDED ARITHMETIC ELEMENT

    11. Operation
    12. EAE Instructions
    13. EAE Programming

      Section VI. EXTENDED MEMORY

    14. Registers
      1. Instruction Field Register (IF), 3 Bits
      2. Data Field Register (DF), 3 Bits
      3. Instruction Field Buffer (IB), 3 Bits
      4. Save Field Register (SF), 6 Bits
      5. Break Field Register (BF), 3 Bits
    15. Instructions
    16. Programming
      1. Auto Indexing
      2. Calling A Subroutine Across Fields
      3. Program Interrupt

  5. INPUT/OUTPUT BUS AND PERIPHERALS

    1. Programmed Data Transfers and I/O Control
      1. Timing and IOP Generator
      2. Device Selector (DS)
      3. Input/Output Skip (IOS)
      4. Accumulator
      5. Input Data Transfers
      6. Output Data Transfers
      7. Program Interrupt (PI)
    2. Data Break Transfers
      1. Single-Cycle Data Breaks
      2. Input Data Transfers
      3. Output Data Transfers
      4. Memory Increment
      5. Three-Cycle Data Breaks
    3. Interface Design and Construction
      1. PDP-12 Interface Modules
      2. M Series Flip Chip Modules
      3. Construction of Interfaces
      4. IOT Allocations
      5. Interface Connections
    4. Standard I/O Bus Peripherals
      1. Teletype Model 33 ASR and Control
      2. TTY/DATAPhone Interface (DP12)
      3. Teletype Option (Type PT08)
      4. KW12 Real-Time Clock
      5. Incremental Plotter and Control (Type XY12)
      6. High-Speed Perforated Tape Reader and Control (Type PR12)
      7. High-Speed Tape Punch and Control (Type PP12)
      8. Card Reader and Control (Type CR12)
      9. Digital-To-Analog Converter (Type AA01A)
      10. Random Access Disk File (Type DF32)
      11. Disk Memory System (Type RF08, RS08)
      12. Automatic Magnetic Tape Control
      13. General Purpose Multiplexed Analog-To-Digital Converter System (Type AF01A)
      14. Guarded Scanning Digital Voltmeter (Type AF04A)
      15. Frequency and Period Measurement Options for AF04A

  6. PDP-8 PROGRAM LIBRARY

    1. PDP-12 Programs
    2. PDP-8 Programs
      1. System Programs
      2. Elementary Function Routines
      3. Utility Programs
    3. DECUS Programs
    4. Diagnostic Programs

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