Transtech Transputer, User Manual

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Using Transputer Modules
TMB M 711 Transputer Motherboard User Manual
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how to used the supplied double ended connector to plug these
sockets into similar sockets on the motherboard.
Because of the way the subsystem connects to the motherboard it is
not compulsory to perform this connection if it is not needed and
hence TRAMs with subsystem can plug into any socket on the
motherboard.
The location where the TRAM plugs onto a motherboard is called a
slot or site. Slots are numbered from zero. Figure 3 shows a slice of
a typical motherboard. Note that the slots are not all oriented the
same way and that the ordering of slots is not contiguous. This allows
better utilization of the motherboard when plugging in TRAMs of
different sizes.
The motherboard is specially wired so that if it is populated with size
1 TRAMs then the transputers are all connected in a pipeline. This is
Module
Motherboard
zero profile sockets
3-way double ended
header strip
Figure 2. Subsystem Port Connections
s4 s5 s2 s0 s3 s6
Figure 3. TRAM slots on a motherboard