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Motorola System V/88 Release 3.2 Version 3.1



Special thanks to Doug McGee for donating the tape.

New Features

Description of the new feature
Support for the mail delivery program sendmail.
Support for Asynchronous Disk I/O (optional feature of 880pen BCS).
Support for up to 256 file descriptors a single process may open.
Operating system messages (OSM) logger.
System administrator control over system s)mc.
Simultaneous fsck on multiple disks.
Support for the M8120 CPU.
Support for Fujitsu 3-1/2" SCSI Disk Drives 2622 (330MB), 2652 (1.75GB), and 2694 (1GB).
Support for Archive 2.0+GB Digital Audio Tape (DAT) (4mm) drive.
Configurable VMEchip2 settings.
Support for MVME188 ECC memory boards.
Support for up to 1GB of physical memory.
NIST-PCTS (POSIX Conforming Test Suite) compliance.

System Requirements


  • A minimum of 8MB of DRAM
  • Release C or later of the MC882(X) cache and memory management unit.
  • MVME350 firmware revision 2.6 or later.
  • A terminal attached to the console port of the M8120, MVME181, MVME187, or MVME188 processor board. This terminal is required when booting the system from disk.
  • Release E.2 or later of the MC88100 processor with the following ROM firmware version:
    CPU Board SST/Boot ROM Firmware version
    MVME181 4.1 or higher*
    MVME187 1.3 or higher* **
    MVME188 5.1 or higher* ***
    M8120 1.1 or higher
    * Installation restriction in Bug ROM limits disk booting to SCSI address 0 to 3; tape boots at SCSI address 4 or 5.
    ** MVME187 with ECC memory requires Bug ROM 1.4 or higher.
    *** MVME188 with ECC memory requires Bug ROM 5.2 or higher.

    Board Revision Levels


    Board Description Max count Min Revision Part Number
    MVME181 1 MC881000 CPU, 2 MC88200 CMMU, 8MB DRAM 1 01C 01-W2336C
    MVME187* ** 1 MC88100 CPU, 2 MC88200 CMMU, 8MB to 64MB DRAM 1 C 01-W3689B04D
    MVME187* ** 1 MC88100 CPU, 2 MC88200 CMMU, 32 or 64MB ECC RAM 1 C 01-W3548B01B
    M8120* *** MC88100 CPU, 2 MC88200 CMMU, single board computer 1 01A through 04A 01-W3817B
    MVME188** MVME188 Family:
    188 Main Logic Board 20MHz
    188 Main Logic Board 25Mhz
    188A Main Logic Board 20MHz
    188A Main Logic Board 25MHz
    188 System Controller Board
    188A System Controller Board
    HYPERmodules:
    20MHz HYPERmodule 1 MC88100 CPU
    4 MC88200 CMUU (1P64)
    25MHz HYPERmodule 1 MC88100 CPU
    4 MC88200 CMUU (1P64)
    20MHz HYPERmodule 2 MC88100 CPU
    4 MC88200 CMUU (2P64)
    25MHz HYPERmodule 2 MC88100 CPU
    4 MC88200 CMUU (2P64)
    20MHz HYPERmodule 1 MC88100 CPU
    8 MC88200 CMUU (1P128)
    25MHz HYPERmodule 1 MC88100 CPU
    8 MC88200 CMUU (1P128)
    20MHz HYPERmodule 2 MC88100 CPU
    8 MC88200 CMUU (2P128)
    25MHz HYPERmodule 2 MC88100 CPU
    8 MC88200 CMUU (2P128)
    20MHz HYPERmodule 4 MC88100 CPU
    8 MC88200 CMUU (4P128)
    25MHz HYPERmodule 4 MC88100 CPU
    8 MC88200 CMUU (4P128)
    25MHz HYPERmodule 4 MC88100 CPU
    8 XC88200 CMUU (4P512)
    25MHz HYPERmodule 2 MC88100 CPU
    4 MC88200 CMUU (2P256)
    25MHz HYPERmodule 2 MC88100 CPU
    8 MC88204 CMMU (2P512)
    Memory:
    188 16MB DRAM Memory Board
    188 64MB DRAM Memory Board
    188A 16MB DRAM Memory Board
    188A 64MB DRAM Memory Board
    288 32MB ECC Memory Board
    1
    1
    1
    1
    1
    1

    1

    1

    1

    1

    1

    1

    1

    1

    1

    1

    1

    1

    1


    4
    4
    4
    4
    4
    03E
    02D
    01A
    02A
    02G
    01C

    01C

    02B

    01C

    02A

    01C

    02C

    01C

    02C

    01C

    02C

    04C

    02B

    04C


    02C
    01C
    02B
    01B
    01B
    01-W3546B
    01-W3546B
    01-W3731B
    01-W3731B
    01-W3547B
    01-W3730B

    01-W3576B

    01-W3576B

    01-W3545B

    01-W3545B

    01-W3554B

    01-W3554B

    01-W3556B

    01-W3556B

    01-W3557B

    01-W3557B

    01-W3557B

    01-W3545B

    01-W3556B


    01-W3646B
    01-W3646B
    01-W3729B
    01-W3646B
    01-W3727B
    MVME224-1 4MB or 8MB Parity Memory(MVME181 only) 2 E 01-W35G0B01E
    MVME236-1 4MB or 8 or 16MB Parity Memory(MVME181 only) 4 A 01-W3561B01A
    MVME327A* SCSI Bus Adapter 2 G 01-W3550B01G
    MVME328-1* SCSI Host Adapter 6 A 01-W2625C01A
    MVME332XT 8 Serial/1 Parallel Async Comm. Controller 8 C 01-W3475B02C
    MVME335 4 Serial/1 Parallel Port Async Comm. Controller 1 B 01-W3530B02B
    MVME336 DeltaLINK ControUer (SIO) 1 B 01-W3487BG1A
    336MUX MVME336 multiplexer module 16 C 01-W3491B01C
    MVME337-1 32 Serial Port Asynchronous Communications Controller 4 B 01-W3440B13B
    MVSB741 16Channel Asynchronous Extensible VSB (EVSB) Module 4 per
    MVME337    		 01A 01-W638BG1A

    * The M8120, MVME187, MVME327 and MVME328 only support SCSI logical unit number 0. There is no support for SCSI target mode operation with these boards.
    ** Off board memory (memory on the VME Bus) is not supported with this board.
    *** VMEbus is not supported with this board. There are no modem control signals on the console port of the MVME187 or M8120.


    Peripheral Devices

    Device Maximum Number
    150MB CDC WREN HI Hard Disk 4
    300MB CDC WREN IV Hard Disk 4
    600MB CDC WREN V Hard Disk 4
    1.2GB CDC WREN VII Hard Disk 4
    135MB Fujitsu 2613 Hard Disk 4
    180MB Fujitsu 2614 Hard Disk 4
    330MB Fujitsu 2622 Hard Disk 4
    525MB Fujitsu 2624 Hard Disk 4
    1GB Fujitsu 2694 Hard Disk 4
    1.75GB Fujitsu 2652 Hard Disk 4
    Toshiba XM-3201B CD-ROM Drive 4
    Toshiba XM-3301 CD-ROM Drive 4
    655KB/1.2MB 5.25" Teac PC-AT compatible floppy 1
    360KB/2.9MB 3.50" Teac PS/2 compatible floppy 1
    150MB Archive 2150S QIC Tape Drive 2
    525MB Archive 2525S QIC Tape Drive 2
    155MB Teac 3.5 inch Cartridge Drive (data cassette) 1
    2GB Exabyte EXB-8200 Tape Drive 2
    2.0+GB Archive Digital Audio Tape (DAT) Drive 2
    M4 9905 Tape Drive 1
    M4 9914 Tape Drive 1
    Kennedy 1600/6250 BPI % inch Tape Drive (Model 9662) 1