al morgan december 20001 strobe data providing solutions to industry for 31 years

Al Morgan December 2000 1

Strobe Data Providing Solutions Strobe Data Providing Solutions to Industry for 31 Yearsto Industry for 31 Years


Strobe Data - Background Strobe Data - Background

Founded in 1972

Initially Data General OEM

Provided real-time systems for industry and government

Develop, manufacture and sell PC based compatible minicomputer systems


Hawk - Migrates Data General Nova and Eclipse Hardware and Operating system to Wintel platform .

Osprey - Migrates DEC PDP-11 Hardware, Operating system and Application software to Wintel platform .

Kestrel Project - Will Migrate HP1000 hardware, RTE, and Application software to Wintel platform.

With no changes in the original software!!!

Emulation Experience - 27 years


”“Seamless Migration!! “Run your minicomputer applications

today on your PC platform”


PDP-11 to Osprey Co-Processor

Osprey

PDP-11/83

PDP-11/20

PDP-11/93

PDP-11/05 PDP-11/44PDP-11/24

1970

2000

1972

1988

1979

1981

1990


Osprey DCJ 1st Generation


Osprey Co-processorOsprey Co-processor

Intercard connector

4 Megabyte, parity memory

Clockgenerator

Interface

PC motherboard E/ISA slot

FPJ11 Option

Note:Osprey B is a stand-alone card

Osprey Q attaches to Qbus AdapterOsprey U attaches to Ubus Adapter

I/Odetector

Digital’s DCJ11

486device

emulatorXilinx

programmablegate array

Connector for Osprey Q & U


Osprey DCJ Co-processor Features

Osprey DCJ Co-processor Features

PDP-11/93 CPU/FPU speeds

Digital DCJ/FPJ - 18 MHz

Zero wait state parity DRAM

Qbus/UniBus adapters

Software compatibility


OspreyISA 2nd Generation Osprey ISA 2nd Generation

ISAISA BusBus


The Osprey ISA Features

The Osprey ISA Features

WCS Microcode - Xilinx FPGA

Totally configured by host PC

Osprey PC/host software compatibility

DCJ/FPJ software compatibility DEC diags - OS - applications

Uses Osprey Q, Unibus adapters


OspreyPCI 3rd Generation Osprey PCI 3rd Generation


Osprey PCIOsprey PCI

3232 MB/SMB/S

132MB/S Read Write132MB/S Read Write


Osprey PCI FeaturesOsprey PCI Features

•4Mx8 SRAM - PCI Bus•CPU performance > 4.5 x PDP-11/93

•FPU performance = PDP-11/93+•Fibre Channel - Unibus,Qbus adapter•Disk Performance 20 times PDP-11/93•Host PC can directly access emulator

memory


Osprey Co-processor Features

Osprey Co-processor Features

“Container” files = PDP-11 disk images

PC/host Ram/disk/caching network files - RAID - etc.

MS-DOS, WNT, file interchange

VT Pipes, Character Pipes,

MS-Net, DECnet, Novell


Osprey Co-processor Software CompatibilityOsprey Co-processor Software Compatibility

DOS11, DSM11, IAS

MUMPS, RSTS

RSX, RSX11M, RSX11M+

RT11, TSX

TEKTEST, VISIONIK

A few examples of proven compatibility!! --


“”More than just hardwareVirtualized I/O

“More than just hardware”Virtualized I/O

PDP-11 I/O device controllers emulated by PC/host software

I/O instructions “trapped” local - real - virtual

PC devices, 3Com, GPIB, LPT Com/Muxes RS232/422/20ma


•All I/O peripherals•Qbus or Unibus

PDP-11system

Real

Virtual

•User’s custom devices•Devices not emulated

•Disk & tape devices•Communication devices

I/Odetector

Virtual Device Management

Existing PDP-11 Configuration

Osprey/PCsystem

I/O devices

Real vs Virtual I/OReal vs Virtual I/O


RSX BRU test (du0:[*,54])RSX BRU test (du0:[*,54])

27.0 MHz 16.6 Seconds

18.0 MHz 62.9 Seconds

Osprey PCI Osprey PCI QXP QXP in 400MHz Pentium IIin 400MHz Pentium II

Osprey ISA Osprey ISA DXDX in 400MHz Pentium II in 400MHz Pentium II

PDP-11/93, RD54, TK50 ~ 16 MinutesPDP-11/93, RD54, TK50 ~ 16 Minutes


Osprey Enclosures Osprey Enclosures

Applications EnvironmentsCommercial Adverse Industrial

Tower PC, server class

Mil- ruggedized Chassis

Rack Mountable Chassis


CommercialTower PC Host Example

Digital`s Prioris XL server


Adverse Mil-Rugged Osprey/PC


Industrial Rack Mountable Osprey/PC Chassis

•FCC and CE certifiable chassis•500 Watt universal PS

•Fan cooled

•Unibus backplane for4 or 9 hex-height

custom cards

•267 or 356 mm H 483 mm W 560 mm D

•20 kg

•Qbus backplane , 4 quad slots


Industrial Rack Mountable Osprey/PC Chassis

Osprey Q card setplugs into PCmotherboard

Strobe’s Qbuschassis

PC motherboard

Power supply

Qbus


RMOC Q5 with 4 Qbus slotsRMOC Q5 with 4 Qbus slots


Rack Mount Osprey Chassis 4 UniBus slots

Rack Mount Osprey Chassis 4 UniBus slots


Rack Mount Osprey Chassis 9 -UniBus slots

Rack Mount Osprey Chassis 9 -UniBus slots


Israel Electric - Osprey User


Phillips Petroleum - Osprey User


Boeing Flight Test - Osprey User


RAF Nimarod Simulator - Osprey User


Ford Motor Company - Osprey User


USN Bangor Sub-Base - Osprey User


Representative list of Osprey UsersRepresentative list of Osprey Users

AT&T

Boeing Company

Cypress Semiconductor

Designed Solutions

Electro Scientific Industries



Federal Aviation Authority

General Dynamics

Hughes Missile Systems

IBM & Intel & Israel Electricity

Johnson Controls



Leica UK & Litton & Los Alamos

Maxim Semiconductor Company

Nanosecond Computing (UK)

Outokumpu Mintec (Canada)

Paragon Management Systems



Robins AFB & RF Westin Co.

Sandia Laboratories

Transport Canada

U S Navy



Vatek (Korea)

Webster Computers (Australia)

Xerox


Osprey Co-Processor highlights! Code and Binary compatible with PDP-11 software and

application code.

Emulates a wide class of PDP-11 peripherals.

Full architectural emulation supports all PDP-11 software.

Q-bus and Unibus adapters available for special I/O needs

99% of the time plug and play!!


Benefits of an Osprey! Move to a high reliability, low maintenance cost system

platform

Investment protection– Keep existing peripherals– Retain the existing code and licenses– Preserve special or custom I/O devices using Q-bus and Unibus

adapters

Access to new, cost-effective technology– Replace low-density, high-cost PDP-11 mass storage peripherals

with modern commodity devices– Migration of multiple PDP-11 systems to a single PC– Code development can continue as on a real PDP-11, Or data from

the PDP-11 can be piped into new applications on the PC without disturbing the PDP-11 code.


Summary Summary

Ride PC improvements into the future!Ride PC improvements into the future!

Trivial transition from PDP-11 to Osprey/PC

Increased reliability using PC devices

Preserves existing PDP-11 software investment

Improved performance

Reduced floorspace and electrical power

al morgan december 20001 strobe data providing solutions to industry for 31 years

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