Tektronix TekXPress XP338 - Revision history

Alec v at 13:43, 2 October 2007

2007-10-02T13:43:40Z

2005-06-02T10:21:47Z

‎Boot Monitor

2005-06-01T13:20:04Z

‎Boot Monitor

2005-02-15T10:01:42Z

new link

2005-02-13T08:39:25Z

some hardware addresses

2005-02-12T10:58:02Z

VxWorks link

2005-02-11T16:43:02Z

Boot Monitor

2005-02-11T07:17:43Z

XpressWare

2005-02-09T05:02:44Z

2005-02-09T04:57:42Z

‎System Specifications & Linux Support: Update: LAN /may/ be supported :-)

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 == System Specifications & Linux Support ==
-* '''CPU:''' [http://www1.idt.com/pcms/tempDocs/79S381_DS_62004.pdf IDT 79R3052E] (MIPS [[R3000]] embedded core.  Big endian.  Should work using R3000 kernel option)
+* '''CPU:''' [[IDT Riscore|IDT 79R3052E]] (MIPS [[R3000]] embedded core.  Big endian.  Should work using R3000 kernel option)
 * '''RAM:''' 4MB standard, upgradeable to 52MB (mine has 16MB)
 * Peripherals:

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 The NCD NCBridge Software [http://www.ncd.com/doc/REFERENC.PDF Reference Manual] is available at NCD's [http://www.ncd.com/doc/ documentation store]. Chapter 4 describes how to use Boot Monitor.
-After initialization, Boot Monitor trying to get an IP address via BOOTP/DHCP and load OS (/xp330/os.330, an X-terminal software) via [[TFTP]].
+After initialization, Boot Monitor trying to get an IP address via [[BOOTP]]/[[DHCP]] and load OS (/xp330/os.330, an X-terminal software) via [[TFTP]].
 The OS is a [[Wikipedia:Wind_River_Systems|Wind River]] [[Wikipedia:VxWorks|VxWorks]] v5.0.4 real-time OS. File format is big endian MIPS [[ECOFF]], ECOFF magic 0x160, load address is 0x80010000.

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 The NCD NCBridge Software [http://www.ncd.com/doc/REFERENC.PDF Reference Manual] is available at NCD's [http://www.ncd.com/doc/ documentation store]. Chapter 4 describes how to use Boot Monitor.
-After initialization, Boot Monitor trying to get an IP address via BOOTP/DHCP and load OS (/xp330/os.330, an X-terminal software) via TFTP.
+After initialization, Boot Monitor trying to get an IP address via BOOTP/DHCP and load OS (/xp330/os.330, an X-terminal software) via [[TFTP]].
 The OS is a [[Wikipedia:Wind_River_Systems|Wind River]] [[Wikipedia:VxWorks|VxWorks]] v5.0.4 real-time OS. File format is big endian MIPS [[ECOFF]], ECOFF magic 0x160, load address is 0x80010000.

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 The API for Boot Monitor is unknown at present moment. Hardware addresses are unknown too...
 Boot Monitor has a version signature at 0xBFC00004.
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 == Links ==
 * Page on AtomicDOC Wiki: http://atomicdoc.hopto.org/index.php/ULOS/Hardware/RISC/MIPS/Tektronix
 * [http://www.technogoths.demon.co.uk/tekxp400/index.html Tektronix XP400 Guide], a next model, very close to XP330.

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 After initialization, Boot Monitor trying to get an IP address via BOOTP/DHCP and load OS (/xp330/os.330, an X-terminal software) via TFTP.
-The OS is a [[Wikipedia:Wind_River_Systems|Wind River]] [[Wikipedia:VxWorks|VxWorks]] real-time OS. File format is big endian MIPS [[ECOFF]], ECOFF magic 0x160, load address is 0x80010000.
+The OS is a [[Wikipedia:Wind_River_Systems|Wind River]] [[Wikipedia:VxWorks|VxWorks]] v5.0.4 real-time OS. File format is big endian MIPS [[ECOFF]], ECOFF magic 0x160, load address is 0x80010000.
 The API for Boot Monitor is unknown at present moment. Hardware addresses are unknown too...
 == Links ==

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 * If you hacked the PS/2 sockets off a motherboard like I did, you might find that the sockets share common Ground and +5V rails. (that is, a tracks connect pin 5 and pin 2 of both sockets together)  This is okay.
 * If you'd prefer to use BNC connections, then do so.  It should be possible to substitute a BNC socket for each pair of connections on the VGA plug.
 == Links ==
 * Page on AtomicDOC Wiki: http://atomicdoc.hopto.org/index.php/ULOS/Hardware/RISC/MIPS/Tektronix
 NCD have some software in the form of patches, accessible by anonymous ftp. There aren't any complete releases, but there are archives which contains much that is useful to be found in the ftp://ftp.ncd.com/pub/nwd/XpressWare/ directory.

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 * Page on AtomicDOC Wiki: http://atomicdoc.hopto.org/index.php/ULOS/Hardware/RISC/MIPS/Tektronix
 == News ==
 Went digging, it seems the AMD AM79C98 LAN controller is a cousin of the AM79C90 LAN controller which is supported by the DEPCA driver.  I don't know if this will work or not... but it's a hunch. :-)

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	* Page on AtomicDOC Wiki: http://atomicdoc.hopto.org/index.php/ULOS/Hardware/RISC/MIPS/Tektronix		* Page on AtomicDOC Wiki: http://atomicdoc.hopto.org/index.php/ULOS/Hardware/RISC/MIPS/Tektronix
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		+	== News ==
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		+	Went digging, it seems the AMD AM79C98 LAN controller is a cousin of the AM79C90 LAN controller which is supported by the DEPCA driver. I don't know if this will work or not... but it's a hunch. :-)

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 * '''RAM:''' 4MB standard, upgradeable to 52MB (mine has 16MB)
 * Peripherals:
-** 1x Ethernet Port (AUI and UTP) -- [http://www.amd.com/files/connectivitysolutions/networking/archivednetworking/14395.pdf AMD AM79C98 Chipset] (Not supported)
+** 1x Ethernet Port (AUI and UTP) -- [http://www.amd.com/files/connectivitysolutions/networking/archivednetworking/14395.pdf AMD AM79C98 Chipset] (May be supported by DEPCA driver)
 ** 2x Serial Ports -- [http://www.semiconductors.philips.com/cgi-bin/pldb/pip/scc2692.html Philips SCC2692 Dual UART chipset] ([http://www-users.rwth-aachen.de/Michael.Mueller4/tekxp/patch-2.4.21-pre5-tekxp.gz Supported])
 ** 1x "ERGO" Port (Combined Monitor, Keyboard, Mouse -- see below)