For all without a good private library of original manuals the bitsavers.org document archive of historical DEC manuals comes to the rescue. Another good source of original manuals was the former UQ Museum of IT , they are marked with a (UQ).
But be aware that all manuals are under the copyright of DEC, now held by HP.
General Handbooks
- PDP-11 Processor Handbook 1979 (11/70 in Chapter 10; p 277 ff)
- PDP-11 Peripherals Handbook 1976 (DL11 4-128; KW11-L 4-332; LP11 4-353; PC11 4-376; RK11 4-433)
- PDP-11 Bus Handbook 1979 (UNIBUS and Q-Bus)
- PDP-11 UNIBUS Design Description (1979)
- Massbus Specification (1972)
PDP-11/70 Processor (KB11-C and FP11-C)
- KB11-C Processor Manual (1975)
- KB11-C Engineering Drawings (1976; full set of schematics and flow charts)
- FP11-C Floating Point Processor Maintenance Manual (1976)
- PDP-11/70 Maintenance and Installation Manual (1979)
- KB11-B Processor Manual (1975; for 1st CPU revision) (UQ)
PDP-11/74 Processor
- PDP-11/70MP Multiprocessor Technical Manual (Preliminary) (1977)
- KB11-E Preliminary 11/74 Difference Specification (1978)
PDP-11/45 Processor (KB11-A, KT11-C, and FP11-B)
The 11/45 is essentially a 11/70 without cache, massbus and 22 bit addressing, but otherwise very similar.
- KB11-A Processor Maintenance Manual (1972)
- KB11-A Processor Maintenance Manual (1976)
- KT11-C Memory Management Unit Reference Manual (1973) (UQ)
- KT11-C Memory Management Unit Maintenance Manual (1974)
- FP11-B Floating Point Unit Maintenance Manual (1974) (UQ)
- PDP-11/45, 11/50, and 11/55 System Maintenance Manual (1976)
- PDP-11/45 System Engineering Drawings (1974)
J11 Processor
The J11 is an ASIC implementation of a 11/70 with a small number of added and a some removed features.
- DCJ11 Microprocessor Users Guide (preliminary) (1983)
- KDJ11-B CPU Module Users Guide (1986)
- KDJ11-D CPU Module Users Guide (1987)
Peripherals - System Devices
- KW11-P Programmable Real-Time Clock Users Manual (1972)
- KW11-P Programmable Real-Time Clock Engineering Drawings (1973)
- KW11-L Line Time Clock Engineering Drawings (1972)
Peripherals - Character Devices
- DL11 Asynchronous Line Interface User's Manual (1976)
- PC11 High-Speed Reader/Punch and Control Manual (1974)
- LP11 Line Printer Users Manual (1976)
- LP11 Line Printer System Engineering Drawings (1975)
Peripherals - Disk Devices
- RK11-C Disk Drive Controller Manual (1971)
- RL01/02 Disk User Guide (1981)
- RL01/02 Disk Technical Manual (1982)
- RH11-AB Massbus Controller Option Descrption (1979)
- RH70 Massbus Controller Option Descrption (1977)
- RM02/03 Adapter Technical Manual (1978)
- RM05 (BK7B1E) Disk Drive Technical Manual (1980)
- RM05 Handbook
- RM05 Disk Subsystem User Guide (1982)
- RM Massbus Adapter Technical Dcription Manual (1980)
- RP05/06 Device Control Logic Maintenance Manual (1975)
- RP05/05/06 Field Maintenance Print Set (1976)
- RP06/05/06 Drive Maintenance Manual (1975)
Peripherals - Tape Devices
- TM11 Tape System Manual (1974)
- TM11 Tape System Engineering Drawings (1971)