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DEC PT1110714-00 Async Controller
- Product Type: Async Controller Card
- Brand: DEC (Digital Equipment Corporation)
- Part Number: PT1110714-00
- Function: Manages asynchronous serial data transmission
- Interface: Connects to DEC computer systems via a bus (e.g., Q-Bus)
- Ports: Features serial ports for connecting peripherals
- Enables communication with modems, terminals, printers, and other serial devices
- Legacy hardware for serial I/O
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Product Overview
The DEC PT1110714-00 is an Async Controller, a serial interface card from Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC). It is designed to facilitate asynchronous communication, enabling the connection of serial devices to DEC computer systems.
Technical Information
| Part Number | PT1110714-00 |
| Brand | DEC |
Additional Specifications
| Product Type | Async Controller |
| Function | Asynchronous Serial Communication |
Product Description
The DEC PT1110714-00 is an asynchronous controller card, a specialized piece of hardware developed by Digital Equipment Corporation. Its primary purpose is to manage serial communication using the asynchronous protocol. This protocol is characterized by the transmission of data one character at a time, with each character framed by start and stop bits to signal its beginning and end, allowing for timing flexibility between communicating devices. This controller card would typically be installed in an expansion slot within a DEC computer system, such as a PDP or VAX series machine, connecting via a bus architecture like the Q-Bus. It provides the necessary physical and electrical interfaces for serial ports, most commonly RS-232, enabling the computer to interact with external devices that utilize serial communication. These devices could include legacy terminals, serial printers, modems for dial-up networking, or various industrial and scientific instruments. The PT1110714-00 plays a critical role in the input/output subsystem of the computer it serves. By handling the complexities of serial data formatting, transmission, and reception, it allows the main CPU to focus on higher-level processing tasks. As a component of older DEC systems, it represents a key element in the infrastructure that supported data exchange in computing environments of its time.
