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        THIS IS A HISTORY OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF MAINDEC-10-DFKDA

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PRODUCT CODE:		MAINDEC-10-DFKDA

PRODUCT NAME:		PDP-10 KL10 ARITHMETIC/RANDOM/INTERRUPT/MEMORY
			RELIABILITY TEST

DATE RELEASED:		SEPTEMBER 1984

VERSION:		0.5

UPDATE AUTHOR:		RICK JEVON

CHANGES MADE:

		NEW MICROCODE UNCOVERED BUG WITH BYTE INSTRUCTIONS. 
		CHANGE MADE TO BYTE ROUTINE TO CHECK THE BYTE POINTER.

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PRODUCT CODE:		MAINDEC-10-DFKDA

PRODUCT NAME:		PDP-10 KL10 ARITHMETIC/RANDOM/INTERRUPT/MEMORY
			RELIABILITY TEST

DATE RELEASED:		APRIL 1984

VERSION:		0.4

UPDATE AUTHOR:		RICK JEVON, BOB NOBREGA

CHANGES MADE:

		NEW MICROCODE  NO  LONGER  SUPPORTS  KA  FLOATING  POINT
SIMULATION.  THE FLOATING POINT TEST WILL  NOT BE RUN IN USERMODE  UNDER
TOPS10.
	DUE TO CHANGES MADE  BY THE MCA25 HARDWARE,  THE PAGE FAIL  WORD
ALWAYS HAS A "1" IN BIT 8.  THE ADDRESS BREAK TEST HAS BEEN MODIFIED  TO
MASK THIS BIT.

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PRODUCT CODE:		MAINDEC-10-DFKDA

PRODUCT NAME:		PDP-10 KL10 ARITHMETIC/RANDOM/INTERRUPT/MEMORY
			RELIABILITY TEST

DATE RELEASED:		APRIL, 1979

VERSION:		0.3

UPDATE AUTHOR:		BILL SCORZELLI

CHANGES MADE:

		BECAUSE OF A  NEW RELEASE OF  THE MICROCODE VERSION  223
THE FLOATING POINT LONG INSTUCTIONS WILL  NOT WORK. THESE TESTS WILL  BE
DONE IN USER MODE BUT NOT IN EXEC.

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PRODUCT CODE:		MAINDEC-10-DFKDA

PRODUCT NAME:		PDP-10 KL10 ARITHMETIC/RANDOM/INTERRUPT/MEMORY
			RELIABILITY TEST

DATE RELEASED:		FEBRUARY 23,1977

VERSION:		0.2

UPDATE AUTHOR:		JOHN R. KIRCHOFF

CHANGES MADE:

CHANGES MADE IN THE  PDP-11 CLOCK HANDLING BECAUSE  OF A PROBLEM IF  THE
PDP-11 CLOCK TICKS AT THE EXACT  INSTANCE THAT THE PARITY ERROR TEST  IS
BEING DONE.  THE PDP-11 CLOCK IS NOW TURNED OFF DURING THE PARITY  ERROR
TEST.

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VERSION:		 0.1

DATE RELEASED:		SEPTEMBER 11,1975

AUTHOR:			JOHN R. KIRCHOFF

ORIGINAL RELEASE OF THIS PROGRAM FOR THE KL10 PROCESSOR.

THE KI10 SIMULATOR  IS USED IN  THIS PROGRAM WITH  CHANGES NECESSARY  TO
PREVENT THE MACHINE TIME PRINTOUTS AS  THE SIMULATION AS FAR AS  INITIAL
AND FINAL OPERAND VALUES IS CORRECT FOR THE INSTRUCTIONS TESTED VIA THIS
PROGRAM.

PREVIOUS HISTORY OF  CONVERSION OF  THE KI10 SIMULATOR  INTO A  WORKABLE
VERSION FOR THE KL10 PROCESSOR.

PS #519 INCORPORATED TO CORRECT PROBLEM WITH FLOATING DIVIDE SIMULATION.

ECO  #42  INCORPORATED  TO   CORRECT  PROBLEM  WITH  FLOATING   MULTIPLY
SIMULATION AND TIMING PROBLEM WITH DOUBLE FLOATING SUBTRACT.

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