PDP-11

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The PDP-11 is a series of 16-bit minicomputers introduced by Digital Equipment Corporation in the 1970s that became highly influential in computer architecture and operating system development.

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instanceOf computer architecture platform
minicomputer series
computerArchitectureType 16-bit architecture
countryOfOrigin United States
familyMember PDP-11/20
linked to: PDP-11

PDP-11/34
linked to: PDP-11

PDP-11/40
linked to: PDP-11

PDP-11/44
linked to: PDP-11

PDP-11/45
linked to: PDP-11

PDP-11/70
linked to: PDP-11

PDP-11/73
linked to: PDP-11

PDP-11/83
linked to: PDP-11

PDP-11/84
linked to: PDP-11

PDP-11/94
linked to: PDP-11
hasAddressSpace 16-bit address space
hasBusArchitecture Q-bus
Unibus
hasInstructionSet PDP-11 instruction set
hasRegister R0
R1
R2
R3
R4
R5
R6 (stack pointer)
R7 (program counter)
hasRegisterCount 8 general-purpose registers
influenced BSD Unix
linked to: BSD

C programming language implementation practices
Motorola 68000 architecture
Unix operating system design
VAX
computer architecture education
introducedInYear 1970
laterModelsSupport memory management unit
separate instruction and data spaces
up to 4 MB of memory with segmentation
manufacturer Digital Equipment Corporation
marketSegment minicomputer market
maxAddressableMemory 64 KB in basic models
notableFor influence on later minicomputers and microprocessors
orthogonal instruction set
simple and elegant architecture
widespread use in universities
operatingSystem 2.11BSD
linked to: BSD

2BSD
linked to: BSD

RSTS/E
RSX-11
RT-11
UNIX
linked to: Unix

V7 UNIX
productionPeriod 1970s
1980s
successor VAX-11
linked to: VAX
supports autodecrement addressing
autoincrement addressing
byte addressing
general-purpose registers
memory-mapped I/O
usedFor industrial control
laboratory automation
real-time systems
scientific computing
time-sharing systems
usedIn Bell Labs for Unix development
academic computer science departments
industrial process control systems
wordSize 16-bit

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Unix laterPlatform PDP-11
UCSD p-System platform PDP-11
B targetPlatform DEC PDP-11
linked to: PDP-11
B programming language designedFor DEC PDP-11
linked to: PDP-11
VAX compatibleWith PDP-11 (at instruction-set level via compatibility mode)
linked to: PDP-11
VAX successorTo PDP-11 family
linked to: PDP-11
PDP-11 familyMember PDP-11/20
linked to: PDP-11
PDP-11 familyMember PDP-11/40
linked to: PDP-11
PDP-11 familyMember PDP-11/45
linked to: PDP-11
PDP-11 familyMember PDP-11/70
linked to: PDP-11
PDP-11 familyMember PDP-11/34
linked to: PDP-11
PDP-11 familyMember PDP-11/44
linked to: PDP-11
PDP-11 familyMember PDP-11/73
linked to: PDP-11
PDP-11 familyMember PDP-11/83
linked to: PDP-11
PDP-11 familyMember PDP-11/84
linked to: PDP-11
PDP-11 familyMember PDP-11/94
linked to: PDP-11
Gordon Bell notableWork PDP-11
VT100 usedWith PDP-11
subject linked to: VT100 terminal
Digital Equipment Corporation notableProduct PDP-11
subject linked to: DEC
RSX-11 designedFor PDP-11
RSX-11 targetHardware PDP-11/20
linked to: PDP-11
RSX-11 targetHardware PDP-11/40
linked to: PDP-11
RSX-11 targetHardware PDP-11/45
linked to: PDP-11
RSX-11 targetHardware PDP-11/70
linked to: PDP-11
TECO platform PDP-11