New to this hardware
McGrude <[email protected]> Tue, 17 Feb 2026 16:29:21 -0800
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Hello All, I am new to Motorola MVME hardware. I have recently acquired two cpu boards and some associated bits and pieces, so naturally I would like to get NetBSD running on it. A little background -- 25 years ago I netbooted an old 68k-based Sun machine -- a 3/150 if I recall correctly. I also have installed NetBSD Mac68k macs, and a SparcStation20. I'm a Linux system administrator by profession, so I'm comfortable with what lies ahead. What I don't know is Motorola MVME and ... BUG? The hardware I have is an Augat 7 slot chassis with Schroff VME 7-Slot backplane, a Motorola MVME 162-222 with the '040 cpu installed, a Motorola MVME712M Transition Module, and a second cpu/sbc -- a Motorola MVME 177-003 with the '060 installed. The hardware is untested and I have not powered any of it up yet. Visually it looks to be in good condition. My hope is to test both the 177 and 162. And then boot strap one of them into NetBSD. I am hopeful the 712M works with both cpu boards. Where do I check what works with what? For disk(s) I intended to us a ZuluSCSI sd card scsi emulator I have one hand. For PSU I am going to use an ATX power supply with a break out board to get easy access to +5, +12, -12 to power the backplane. Suggestions on my next steps, and sanity checks, are welcome and encouraged. Thanks everyone, -MIke