Editing PDP-10 (section)

===KS10===
[[File:KS10-open.jpg|thumb|KS10]]
The KS10 is a lower-cost PDP-10 built using [[AMD Am2900|AMD 2901]] [[bit-slicing|bit-slice]] chips, with an [[Intel 8080|Intel 8080A]] microprocessor as a control processor.<ref>{{cite book|url=http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/pdp10/KS10/EK-OKS10-TM-002_tech_Sep79.pdf|title=KS10-Based DECSYSTEM-2020 Technical Manual|id=EK-0KS10-TM-002|date=September 1979|edition=Second|publisher=Digital Equipment Corporation}}</ref> The KS10 design was crippled to be a Model A even though most of the necessary data paths needed to support the Model B architecture are present.  This was no doubt intended to [[market segmentation|segment the market]], but it greatly shortened the KS10's product life.

The KS system uses a similar boot procedure to the KL10. The 8080 control processor loads the microcode from an RM03, RM80, or RP06 disk or magnetic tape and then starts the main processor. The 8080 switches modes after the operating system boots and controls the console and remote diagnostic serial ports.