PDP-11/60 Installation And Operation Manual

This document serves as a comprehensive installation and operation manual for the PDP-11/60 computer system. It outlines the procedures for unpacking, installing, and preparing the system for normal use, including detailed site preparation guidelines covering physical, environmental, and electrical requirements.

The manual provides an in-depth description of the PDP-11/60's hardware, such as the KD11-K Central Processor with its instruction set, cache memory, and memory management unit. It elaborates on the KY11-P Programmer's Console, detailing its octal display, processor state lights, and various switches for system control and maintenance. Information is also provided on the cache memory and backing store memory (MOS and core types), Unibus architecture, and essential components like the M9301-YH Bootstrap Loader/Self-Diagnostic/Terminator and mass storage devices (RK05J/RK05F, RK06).

Further sections cover system checkout procedures, including verifying console functions, using the M9301-YH for booting and diagnostics, running CPU and peripheral diagnostics, and error recovery. The document also details the mechanical and electrical considerations for expansion installations and provides guidelines for optimal Unibus device placement. Finally, it offers practical operational instructions for using the programmer's console, including power-up sequences, program starting and stopping, and procedures for reading and writing internal registers. The various backplane configurations (KD11-K, MF11S-KF MOS, MF11-WP Core Memory) and their module utilization are also explained.