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Dorado Hardware Manual

by E.R. Fiala

contributions to the manual by
R. Bates, D. Boggs, B. Lampson, K. Pier, E. Taft, and C. Thacker

other help by
D. Clark, W. Crowther, W. Haugeland, G. McDaniel, and
S. Ornstein

14 September 1981

The document describes the architecture and hardware design of the Dorado computer at a level appropriate for programming. At the date of this printing, approximately 22 systems have been released to users.

This release incorporates a major revision of the Display Controller chapter, medium revisions to the Disk Controller and Instruction Fetch Unit chapters, and minor revisions elsewhere.

Revision history:

14 February 1979First complete manual exclusive of io controller chapters.

𔁎 October 1979Chapters on io controllers added; major revisions.

14 September 1981Major revision to the Display Controller chapter, medium revision to Instruction Fetch Unit and Disk chapters, minor revisions elsewhere.

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