Subject: Re: Tadpole SBCs
To: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
From: Norberto Navarro <bugo@orbit.zepa.net>
List: port-mvme68k
Date: 07/31/1999 03:05:11
Sorry if I sound like another broken record, but there're two pdfs from
sunhelp.org (about 12mb dl I think). One is a user manual and the other
one goes into registers and all the fun stuff. Matter of fact, IM going to
put these two pdfs up on bugo.zepa.net/papers.html.
Cheers,
BUGO Founder
BSD Users Group of Orlando: http://bugo.zepa.net
IRC: #BUGO on Efnet
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On Fri, 30 Jul 1999, Jason Thorpe wrote:
> [ CC port-sparc, since there's been Tadpole talk there recently... ]
>
> Hi folks...
>
> I know this isn't a MVME-xxx question, really, but I figured the people
> on this list would have a hint or two, since what I'm asking about more
> or less competes for the same market :-)
>
> I have a Tadpole TP-34V 6u VME single board computer. It's got a 25MHz
> (I think; it's currently stuffed in a box) 68030, FPU socket, 2 53c710
> SIOPs, an Intel i82596 Ethernet controller, and a couple of Motorola DUARTs
> (forget which model), and 16M of RAM. It currently has VxWorks ROMs in it,
> I believe.
>
> Anyhow, I'd like to port NetBSD to this thing at some point (tho, I suspect
> I'll be writing a boot ROM first, *joy*), but I'm going to need docs on the
> thing. I've checked Tadpole's web site to no avail.
>
> Anyone have an idea where I might start looking?
>
> -- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
>