user manual
General Information
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Equipment Required
The following equipment is required to make a complete system
using the MVME177:
❏ Terminal
❏ Disk drives and controllers
❏ One of the following Transition modules:
Ð MVME712-12
Ð MVME712-13
Ð MVME712M
Ð MVME712A
Ð MVME712AM
Ð MVME712B
❏ Connecting cables
❏ P2 adapter
❏ Operating system
The MVME177Bug debug monitor firmware (177Bug) is provided
in the two EPROMs in sockets on the MVME177 main module. It
provides:
❏ Over 50 debug, up/downline load, and disk bootstrap load
commands
❏ Full set of onboard diagnostics
❏ One-line assembler/disassembler
177Bug includes a user interface which accepts commands from the
system console terminal. 177Bug can also operate in a System
Mode, which includes choices from a service menu. Refer to the
177Bug Diagnostics User's Manual and the Debugging Package for
Motorola 68K CISC CPUs User's Manual for details.