Re: Another DCJ11 oddity

2018-07-15 Thread Jerry Weiss via cctalk
On 7/10/18 2:38 PM, Noel Chiappa via cctalk wrote: > From: Jerry Weiss > See http://simh.trailing-edge.com/semi/j11.html for information on the > design of the J11. Thanks for that pointer; I don't think I've ever seen that - quite interesting. Alas, it didn't have the cache

Re: Another DCJ11 oddity

2018-07-10 Thread Eric Smith via cctalk
On Tue, Jul 10, 2018 at 1:38 PM, Noel Chiappa via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > From: Jerry Weiss > > In addition to above, there is a bypass cache bit in the PDR (section > > 1.5.6.2) for finer control. > > Yes, I only found that out last night (or maybe I saw it on a

Re: Another DCJ11 oddity

2018-07-10 Thread Antonio Carlini via cctalk
On 10/07/18 11:01, Noel Chiappa via cctalk wrote: I suppose only someone who worked on the DCJ11 would know; but I have no idea how to track down such a person. Not sure that I know such a person but you might try hunting for the Semiconductor Databook Volume 1 1987. It has some basic

Re: Another DCJ11 oddity

2018-07-10 Thread Noel Chiappa via cctalk
> From: Jerry Weiss > See http://simh.trailing-edge.com/semi/j11.html for information on the > design of the J11. Thanks for that pointer; I don't think I've ever seen that - quite interesting. Alas, it didn't have the cache info - but now that I've though about it overnight, I'm

Re: Another DCJ11 oddity

2018-07-10 Thread Jerry Weiss via cctalk
On 7/10/18 5:01 AM, Noel Chiappa via cctalk wrote: So, if one looks up the Cache Control Register in, say, the KDJ11-A (EK-KDJ1A-UG-002), one sees (in section 1.6.2.1) that there are _three_ ways to disable the cache: bits 2, 3 ('force miss'), and 9 ('bypass cache'). Looking at the DCJ11 manual