Subject: Re: Multiple KA630 CPUs
To: Phlatlyn <phlatlyn@pacbell.net>
From: Tim Shoppa <shoppa@alph01.triumf.ca>
List: port-vax
Date: 01/09/2000 13:36:27
> has anyone ever been known to use multiple KA630s? Ive read that this is
> possible,but haven't seen anything else. Could NetBSD be made to use
> them?
You want to read Micronote #26, "Microvax II Multicomputing", where
it details the hardware requirements and the software interface.
In particular, in the preface it reads:
The multicomputing capability is a hardware design feature of the
MicroVAX II. It allows a maximum of four MicroVAX II CPUs to reside on
the same Q-bus. Figure 1 below is a block diagram which shows how 2 of
a possible 4 CPUs may be configured on the bus. One of the processors
will be the arbiter and the others will be auxiliaries.
Just in case you don't have a complete printed set of Micronotes handy,
you can find the "new" set on the web at
http://metalab.unc.edu/pub/academic/computer-science/history/pdp-11/hardware/micronotes/numerical/
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