> I can see where this happens in the M837 schematic (E50), > whenever DF is gated to AC9-11. That, in turn, seems to > be for GTF or RIB. I wonder if there are differences in different versions of the schematics. If I'm reading the versions I got from bitsavers correctly, on E50, Pins 2, 5, 11, and 14 are gated on to DATA3, 9, 10, and 11 by a low on Pin 9. It looks like Pin 9 does identify the RIB and GTF instructions. But on this version, it looks like Pin 2 is pulled high through R8. The interrupt inhibit signal does come into Pin 1 which is gated onto DATA3 by a low on Pin 7, and it's controlled by the Omnibus IND signals for getting info to the front panel. So it appears that these versions of the drawings agree with the maindec and the observed behavior rather than the documentation.
The versions I'm looking at appear to be for the Revs D and E. Are the drawings you have that agree with the documentation for an earlier rev, perhaps? BLS