Professional 350 Documentation
Professional 350 Documentation describes the Digital Equipment Corporation documents for the Professional 300 series (Professional 325, Professional 350 and Professional 380) held as PDFs here.
Professional 300 Series Technical Manual, Volume 1 (EK-PC300-V1-001)
[edit | edit source]DEC's Professional 300 Series Technical Manual, Volume 1: Kernel System, EK-PC300-V1-001, first edition, June 1985, 475 PDF pages. The scan has no text layer.[1]
Contents: 1 System introduction (Table 1-1, differences between the 325, 350 and 380, and specifications, pp. 1-3 to 1-7); 2 Installation, site preparation and upkeep; 3 Controls and indicators; 4 System overview; 5 Professional 350 system module (LED error codes in Tables 5-6 and 5-13, battery charger p. 5-55, connector pin-outs pp. 5-129 to 5-132); 6 Professional 380 system module (Figure 6-2, p. 6-5); 7 Bit map video controller and extended bit map modules; 8 VR201 monochrome monitor; 9 LK201 keyboard; 10 H7862 power supply (pp. 10-1 to 10-11); 11 System memory and memory daughter modules; appendix A, diagnostic, error and device codes, including the Professional 380 LED displays (pp. A-1 to A-7).[1]
It has no schematics or parts lists. Volume 2, covering options such as the telephone management system, is on bitsavers but not hosted here.[2]
Download: Professional 300 Series Technical Manual Volume 1 (EK-PC300-V1-001).pdf
Professional 300 Series Technical Manual (EK-PC350-TM-001)
[edit | edit source]The first edition of DEC's technical manual, December 1982, written for the Professional 350, with chapter 13 on the H7862 supply.[3] It predates the Professional 380. Some figures differ from the 1985 edition; the H7862 overcurrent limits, for example, are given as 21–29 A (+5 V) and 11–15 A (+12 V) against 21–33 A and 11.5–17 A in 1985.[3][1]
Download: Professional 300 Series Technical Manual (EK-PC350-TM-001, 1982).pdf
PC350 field maintenance print set (MP-01394-00)
[edit | edit source]DEC's PC350 print set, MP-01394-00, 1982, covering unit variations PC350-A to PC350-D, 93 PDF pages. Its table of contents lists the PC350 unit assembly and parts list and these print sets: MP-01349 (KDF11-C motherboard and CT100 system module), MP-01470 (VC201 bit map video controller), MP-01483 (RCX50 diskette controller), MP-01320 (H7862 power supply), MP-01482 (RX50-AA drive) and MP-01472 (MSC11-A 128 KB memory).[4]
Parts lists cited on the Professional pages: KDF11-C motherboard (PDF p. 11), CT100 system module 5415101 (p. 15), CT100 video generator 5415138 (p. 40), H7862 circuit board 5415086 (pp. 55 to 58) and MSC11-A memory 5415084 (p. 91).[4]
The bitsavers scan (57.9 MB) was downsampled to 170 dpi greyscale for hosting. The VR201 monitor and the RD drives are not included.
Download: Professional 350 PC350 Field Maintenance Print Set (MP-01394-00).pdf
PC380 engineering drawings (MP-01922)
[edit | edit source]DEC's PC380 drawing set, MP-01922, June 1984, 76 PDF pages without a text layer: the PC380 unit assembly, the KDJ11-C large system unit motherboard parts list (PDF p. 16), the PC380 system board 5416237 parts list (revision B, PDF p. 19), drawings and schematics, and the H7862 power supply.[5]
Download: Professional 380 PC380 Engineering Drawings (MP-01922, June 1984).pdf
Professional 380 Pocket Service Guide (EK-PC380-PS-003)
[edit | edit source]DEC's Professional 380 Pocket Service Guide, EK-PC380-PS-003, third edition, June 1986, 160 PDF pages. Printed page numbers are ten less than PDF page numbers.[6]
Contents: 1 Troubleshooting and testing (differences between the 380 and the 325/350, the power-up self-test, the maintenance services diskettes and RX speed test, Table 1-1 no response at power-up and Table 1-2 indicator error codes, pp. 1 to 57); 2 Removal and replacement of FRUs, including the RD controller versions (p. 65), power supply (pp. 79 to 80), battery pack (p. 88) and Table 2-2, recommended spares (pp. 122 to 125); 3 Video monitor alignment; 4 DELNI testing; appendices of related documents, FRU exploded views and diagrams.[6]
Download: Professional 380 Pocket Service Guide (EK-PC380-PS-003).pdf
Pages that cite these documents
[edit | edit source]- Professional 350, Professional 350 General Maintenance, Professional 350 Troubleshooting Guide, Professional 350 Capacitor Replacement Guide
- Professional 380, Professional 380 General Maintenance, Professional 380 Troubleshooting Guide, Professional 380 Capacitor Replacement Guide
- Professional 325 and its guides
References
[edit | edit source]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Digital Equipment Corporation, Professional 300 Series Technical Manual, Volume 1: Kernel System, EK-PC300-V1-001, June 1985, title page, contents and p. 10-5, Table 10-2. Source: bitsavers.org.
- ↑ bitsavers.org, DEC Professional directory, bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/pdp11/pro3xx, retrieved 2 October 2026.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Digital Equipment Corporation, Professional 300 Series Technical Manual, EK-PC350-TM-001, December 1982, chapter 13 and p. 13-6, Table 13-2. Source: bitsavers.org.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Digital Equipment Corporation, PC350 field maintenance print set, MP-01394-00, table of contents (PDF p. 2). Source: bitsavers.org.
- ↑ Digital Equipment Corporation, PC380 engineering drawings, MP-01922, June 1984. Source: bitsavers.org.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Digital Equipment Corporation, Professional 380 Pocket Service Guide, EK-PC380-PS-003, June 1986, title page and contents. Source: vaxhaven.com.