AXPpci 33 Read Me

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Files provided in this area are







design_guide.ps

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August 1995 edition of the OEM Design Guide. The purpose of this 
guide is to provide system integration customers with the necessary 
design details of the motherboard so that they can integrate it 
into a standard or custom application. Covers both 166MHz and 
233MHz operation.





design_guide.ps.Z

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A compressed version of the above design guide.




ref_address.txt
ref_controllers.txt
ref_cpu.txt
ref_interrupts.txt
ref_memory.txt
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 Reference information which may be useful for developers. To
 be read in conjunction with the Design Guide.



fwupdate.exe
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 V1.4 firmware update for use with ARC (NT) console .  Copy to FAT
 format floppy disk. Use 'Install New Firmware' option on ARC console
 menu.  Can be used to update to ARC console 4.42 or SRM console 
 X4.3-3114.



 Minimum memory requirement for operation of fwupdate.exe is now only
 16MB. 


fw_v1_4.image

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 V1.4 firmware update for use with SRM console (Unix) etc.

 Note that the SRM console is identical to V1.35



   Format a high density floppy from Digital UNIX with command 

               fddisk  -fmt  /dev/rfd0c

   Copy file to floppy using command : 

             dd if=pathname/fw_v1_4.image of=/dev/rfd0c  bs=256k

   Boot floppy from SRM console : 

                b dva0

   When APU-> prompt appears type : 

                update srm (for SRM console)  or update arc 

   When Ready to Program Device ? appears, type : 

              Y

   Power cycle after 'Rom Update Successful' appears



 Can be used to update to ARC console 4.42 or SRM console X4.3-3114

 Minimum memory requirement for operation of this update utility is 16MB.




srom_v05.zip

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  Zipped copy of HEX file for V0.5 Serial ROM.  To be used with suitable

  ROM programmer to update ROM.  Required for 233MHz operation. 

  




update.txt
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  Full instructions for updating firmware. 


Please e-mail Andrew.Armstrong@ayo.mts.dec.com if you have any 

problems with these files.