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501-1100



3/2xx CPU VME

 25MHz 68020, 20MHz 68881 floating point chip, Sun-3 MMU with eight hardware
  contexts, no on-board memory but 64K write-back cache, direct-mapped,
  virtually-indexed and virtually-tagged, with 16-byte lines.  VME bus
  interface.  256K of dual-ported video RAM for the onboard high-resolution
  monochrome framebuffer.

 From left to right, with component side up and connector edge toward you
  (normal top at left), the rear edge of the board has: two female DB25 serial
  ports (A and B from left to right (top/bottom)); a female DB15 AUI Ethernet
  connector; a reset button; a switch to toggle between Normal and Diagnostics
  modes; a female DB15 keyboard/mouse connector; eight LEDs (bit 0 at the
  top/left); and at the bottom, a female DB9 high-res monochrome video
  connector.

 The serial ports conform to both RS-232-C and RS-423 and are wired DTE.  The
  pinout of the serial ports is:

  2   TxD (transmit data)     8   DCD   (Data Carrier Detect)
  3   RxD (receive data)      15  DB    (transmit clock from DCE)
  4   RTS (Request To Send)   17  DD    (receive clock from DCE)
  5   CTS (Clear To Send)     20  DTR   (Data Terminal Ready)
  6   DSR (Data Set Ready)    24  DA    (transmit clock from DTE)
  7   GND                     25  -5V

 The pinout of the AUI Ethernet connector is:

  1   chassis ground      7   VCC (see J2401)
  2   E.COL+              9   E.COL-
  3   E.TxD+              10  E.TxD-
  4   chassis ground      12  E.RxD-
  5   E.RxD+              13  +12V
  6   GND

 The user reset button invokes a watchdog reset.  The result depends on the
  value at address 0x17 of the EEPROM.

 If you want the machine to boot normally, set the diagnostics switch to
  "NORM".  If you want extended diagnostics when you power up the system, set
  the switch to the "DIAG" position.  If the switch is set to "DIAG", power-on
  self-test messages are sent to serial port A at 9600 bps or serial port B at
  1200 bps.

 The pinout of the keyboard/mouse connector is:

  1   RxD0 (keyboard)     8   GND
  2   GND                 9   GND
  3   TxD0 (keyboard)     10  VCC
  4   GND                 11  VCC
  5   RxD1 (mouse)        12  VCC
  6   GND                 14  VCC
  7   TxD1 (mouse)        15  VCC

 The eight LEDs are used for diagnostic purposes.  In the chart below, a "1"
  indicates a lit LED, and a "0" indicates an unlit LED.  Bit 0 is at the top
  and bit 7 is at the bottom; the patterns below are shown with bit 0 on the
  left.

  Pattern     Status
  --------    ------
  11111111    Resetting
  10000000    PROM checksum test
  01000000    DVMA register test
  11000000    Context register test
  00100000    Segment map read/write test
  10100000    Segment map address test
  01100000    Page map test
  11100000    Memory path data test
  00010000    Nonexistent memory bus error test
  10010000    Interrupt test
  01010000    Time-Of-Day clock interrupt test
  11010000    MMU protection/status tests
  00110000    ECC error test
  10110000    Cache data 3-pattern test
  01110000    Cache tag 3-pattern test
  11110000    Memory tests
  01001111    Initializing MMU
  00000001    Self-tests have found an error
  00000010    An exception class error occurred

 "Marching ones" (cycling through 10000000, 01000000, 00100000, etc.) indicates
  that Unix is running OK.  On power up, it cycles through the tests in the
  chart above, then boots Unix. If LED 7 (00000001) lights up while the tests
  are being performed, it indicates that the test failed.  If LED 6 (00000010)
  lights up while the tests are being performed, it indicates that an
  unexpected error (bus error, address error, unexpected interrupt, etc.)
  occurred during the test. When all tests are finished, LED 5 (00000100)
  starts blinking to indicate that the ROM monitor is running and/or Unix is
  booting.

 The monochrome video output levels are ECL/TTL. The output is high resolution
  (1600 x 1280, 89KHz horizontal sync, 66Hz vertical sync) only and a
  high-resolution monochrome monitor must be used.  The pinout of the
  monochrome video connector is:

  1   VIDEO+              6   VIDEO-
  3   HSYNC               7   GND
  4   VSYNC               8   GND
                          9   GND

 There are a variety of jumper blocks.  All locations are given with component
  side up and connector side toward you.

 J100 (single jumper at H-5, in middle left)
  Jump to disable 68020 cache.                          UNJUMPED

 J200 (block at J-6, in middle left, pin 1 to right)

  1-2   unused
  3-4   25MHz CPU clock                                 JUMPED
  5-6   25MHz FPU clock                                 UNJUMPED
  7-8   20MHz FPU clock                                 JUMPED

 J300 (single jumper at H-2, in middle left edge, only on 501-1100)
  Jump to enable P2 bus.                                JUMPED

 J500 (block at H-3/H-4, in middle left, pin 1 to right)

  1-2   VME interrupt level 1                           JUMPED
  3-4   VME interrupt level 2                           JUMPED
  5-6   VME interrupt level 3                           JUMPED
  7-8   VME interrupt level 4                           JUMPED
  9-10  VME interrupt level 5                           JUMPED
  11-12 VME interrupt level 6                           JUMPED
  13-14 VME interrupt level 7                           JUMPED
  15-16 unused                                          UNJUMPED

 J2000 (block at H-1, in middle left, pin 1 to right)

  1-2   Select 27512 boot PROM                          JUMPED
  3-4   Select 27256 boot PROM                          UNJUMPED

 J2401 (block at A-16, in near middle, pin 1 nearest)

  1-2   Enable Ethernet clock                           JUMPED
  3-4   +5V to Ethernet tap                             UNJUMPED
  5-6   jump for type-1 transceiver (capacitive), unjump for type-2 (xformer)
  7-8   SCC clock enable (501-1206 only)                JUMPED

 J2500 (block at L-11, in far left, pin 1 to right)

  1-2   CPU is VME arbiter & requester                  JUMPED
  3-4   CPU is VME requester only                       UNJUMPED
  5-6   CPU is VME reset slave                          UNJUMPED
  7-8   CPU is VME reset master                         JUMPED

 J2600 (single jumper at L-9, in far left)
  Jump to enable 16MHz VME clock.                       JUMPED

 Additional features of interest: the boot PROM is in the near left at location
  U2008 (grid C1).  The IDPROM is in the middle left at location U1907 (grid E3
  (E4?)).  The Ethernet fuse is by the Ethernet connector at grid A12 and the
  keyboard fuse by the reset switch at grid A17.  The lithium battery (BBCV2)
  in the far middle is Matsushita Electric/Panasonic part number BR2325.  It is
  documented as not being a customer-replacable part.

 Note that boot PROM version 2.6 is required to boot from an SMD disk connected
  to a Xylogics 7053 SMD controller.

 Note that when "CPU EPROM 2.1" (probably boot PROM version 2.1) is installed,
  two control-G's cause the keyboard bell to remain on until the system is
  reset.

 Note that the minimum CPU revision required for use with the IPC is
  501-1100-06 or 501-1206-06.

 Power requirements are +5V @ 22.5A and -5V @ 0.6A.

  




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