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Page 6 Installation Instructions: AM-137 Board AM-1600/1400 UpgradeThe program will prompt you for the name of the device, enter:STR0:RETURNThe tape d

Page 7Installation Instructions: AM-137 Board AM-1600/1400 UpgradeUnder AMOS 2.2 (or later) operating systems, you can divide your hard disk drive int

Page 8 Installation Instructions: AM-137 Board AM-1600/1400 UpgradeIn order to be AM-137 compatible, your bootable disk drive needs to have an AMOSope

Page 9Installation Instructions: AM-137 Board AM-1600/1400 UpgradeYour computer will boot using the TEST.MON file. After the computer hascompleted the

Page 10 Installation Instructions: AM-137 Board AM-1600/1400 UpgradeUse AlphaVUE to edit the AMOS32.INI file. Change the driver name in the firstTRMDE

Page 11Installation Instructions: AM-137 Board AM-1600/1400 UpgradeDRIVE MOUNTINGBRACKETMAC774BACDAM-1600/1400 Drive Mounting BracketOnce you have tak

Page 12 Installation Instructions: AM-137 Board AM-1600/1400 UpgradeAM-135 BOARDAM-135 BOARDJ10J11J12J13J14J15J16J17J9SW1J18J19MC1203MC68020135-01135-

Page 13Installation Instructions: AM-137 Board AM-1600/1400 Upgrade11.Remove the three phillips-head screws holding the CPU board in place.12.Th

Page 14 Installation Instructions: AM-137 Board AM-1600/1400 UpgradeBATTERYPARALLEL PORTJ1W1BOOT CONFIGURATIONSWITCHJ5J4J2J3ALPHA MICROSYSTEMSW4W5J8 J

Page 15Installation Instructions: AM-137 Board AM-1600/1400 Upgrade4.Install the three phillips-head screws that secure the AM-137 board to the cha

 1995 Alpha MicrosystemsREVISIONS INCORPORATED REVISION DATEA00 Nov. 1994A01 March 1995AM-137 Board AM-1600/1400 Upgrade Instal

Page 16 Installation Instructions: AM-137 Board AM-1600/1400 UpgradeVery little force is required to install a SIMM module. If you’re having problemsg

Page 17Installation Instructions: AM-137 Board AM-1600/1400 UpgradeMicro.13.Install the two hex screws that attach the 25-pin parallel port to the

Page 18 Installation Instructions: AM-137 Board AM-1600/1400 UpgradeHow do you know what DB9 connectors attach to which DB9 cutouts? Notice how thecab

Page 19Installation Instructions: AM-137 Board AM-1600/1400 UpgradeThe B2/B1 location on the rear panel is actually an RJ21 cutout. Your AM-137install

Page 20 Installation Instructions: AM-137 Board AM-1600/1400 Upgrade9.0SCSI BUS TERMINATIONThe high-performance SCSI bus on the AM-137 board must be

Page 21Installation Instructions: AM-137 Board AM-1600/1400 Upgrade11.0AM-137 BOARD BOOT SWITCH SETTINGSJust like your old CPU board, the AM-137 boa

Page 22 Installation Instructions: AM-137 Board AM-1600/1400 Upgrade12.0AM-137 BOARD FIRST TIME BOOTUPWith your new AM-137 board installed, it’s tim

Page 23Installation Instructions: AM-137 Board AM-1600/1400 UpgradeFor example::TJOBS 1 JOBALC JOB1;TRMDEF TRM1,AM318=0:19200,AM75,100,100,100,EDITOR=

Page 24 Installation Instructions: AM-137 Board AM-1600/1400 UpgradeAs mentioned earlier, your AM-137 board has one I/O expansion connector atlocation

Page 25Installation Instructions: AM-137 Board AM-1600/1400 Upgrade12.1Enabling the SCSI DispatcherBefore you verify the TEST.INI file, you need to

Page iInstallation Instructions: AM-137 Board AM-1600/1400 UpgradeTABLE OF CONTENTS1.0 INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Page 26 Installation Instructions: AM-137 Board AM-1600/1400 UpgradeTo execute the installation program, type:LOG SYS:RETURNOSINSTRETURNThe program wi

Page 27Installation Instructions: AM-137 Board AM-1600/1400 Upgrade13.0MAKING AN AM-137 COMPATIBLE WARM BOOT TAPEOnce your AM-137 enhanced computer

Page 28 Installation Instructions: AM-137 Board AM-1600/1400 UpgradeLOG SYS:RETURNWRMGENRETURNWarm Boot Monitor Generator X.X(XXX)Input monitor: AMOS3

Page 29Installation Instructions: AM-137 Board AM-1600/1400 Upgrade14.0OPERATIONAL NOTESUnder normal operating conditions, the RUN light on destop c

Page 30 Installation Instructions: AM-137 Board AM-1600/1400 UpgradeTable 1. Front Panel Status Codes Generated by the MonitorCODE MEANING4 System is

Page 31Installation Instructions: AM-137 Board AM-1600/1400 UpgradeTable 2 (Continued)CODE MEANING22 The system is generating a checksum of the instru

Page 32 Installation Instructions: AM-137 Board AM-1600/1400 UpgradeTable 2 (continued)CODE MEANINGxb The system is beginning to execute the AMOS moni

APPENDIX ASCSI TERMINATIONA.1SCSI TERMINATION USING EXTERNAL TERMINATOR OPTIONThe preferred method of terminating the SCSI bus in an AMOS based comp

Page A-2 Appendix ASCSISCSI(PRA-00222-00)EXTERNAL SCSI BUSTERMINATORCONFIGURATION BCONFIGURATION ABAIL LOCKSMAC821#4 SCREWAND WASHERExternal Terminato

Page A-3SCSI TerminationA.1.1Termination Procedure (Without External Terminator)1.For all AM-1600/1400 computers, the last SCSI device attached t

Page ii Installation Instructions: AM-137 Board AM-1600/1400 Upgrade14.0 OPERATIONAL NOTES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Page A-4 Appendix AAM-62X SCSI 1/4" Streaming Tape Drive Installation Instructions,PDI-00625-00, revision A07 or later.AM-647 DAT Tape Driv

APPENDIX BREAD-AHEAD AND WRITEBUFFERINGB.1INTRODUCTIONIn the past, AMOS systems achieved high levels of performance by using a "Herbie"sty

Page B-2 Appendix BThe data transfer path is much faster with the RISC SCSI-2 controller. It isable to read from or write to system memory 32 bits

Page B-3Read-Ahead and Write BufferingWhen you use FIXLOG to create a driver for the AM-137 board, a new option willappear, which is the number of rea

Page B-4 Appendix BAnother benefit of write buffering is it tends to eliminate duplicate disk writes, such asbitmap updates during operations such as

Page B-5Read-Ahead and Write BufferingWhen specifying write buffering for a device, two files are loaded into system memory:.DVR and .WRC, which are t

Page B-6 Appendix B:T;JOBS 5;JOBALC JOB1 ;JOB2;QUEUE 2000;LOAD LOAD.LITLOAD DEL.LITLOAD SYSMSG.USALOAD TRMDEF.LIT;TRMDEF TRM1,AM318=0:19200,ALPHA,350,

Page B-7Read-Ahead and Write BufferingAMOS32.INI File (cont.);LOAD SYSTEM.LITSYSTEM SYSMSG.USASYSTEM CMDLIN.SYSSYSTEM SCNWLD.SYSSYSTEM QFLOCK.SYSSYSTE

APPENDIX CSUPER I/OOnly AMOS 2.2C users can take advantage of Super I/O. AMOS 1.X operating systemsdo not support Super I/O.Super I/O, which requires

Page C-2 Appendix CIf after entering the SERPIC command, the program responds by displaying a PIC, thisindicates the encoding has already been complet

Page 1Installation Instructions: AM-137 Board AM-1600/1400 Upgrade1.0INTRODUCTIONThese instructions explain how to install an Eagle 100 AM-137 board

Page C-3Super I/O2.Use AlphaVUE to modify your TEST.INI file. Locate the first AM318TRMDEF statement. Disable Super I/O by adding /O (that’s an &qu

Page C-4 Appendix C4.Now, you must add the /O switch to the very first TRMDEF statement thatuses the AM318S driver. For example:TRMDEF TERM17,AM31

APPENDIX DAM-137 BOOTABLE DISK DRIVESIf your order included a new SCSI disk drive with a bootable copy of AMOS designed foryour AM-137 upgrade, the dr

Page D-2 Appendix Dcomputer. Before downloading any of your existing software onto the drive, completethe following steps first:1. Protect Your Dat

Page 2 Installation Instructions: AM-137 Board AM-1600/1400 Upgrade2.0GENERAL PRODUCT DESCRIPTIONThis section outlines AM-137 board basic features a

Page 3Installation Instructions: AM-137 Board AM-1600/1400 Upgrade2.3Power SpecificationsDC power requirements (maximum):Board Current DrawAM-137 2.

Page 4 Installation Instructions: AM-137 Board AM-1600/1400 Upgrade4.0AM-137 SCSI TAPE AND HARD DISK DRIVE REQUIREMENTSThe AM-137 board has an on-bo

Page 5Installation Instructions: AM-137 Board AM-1600/1400 UpgradeFIRMWARE PROMLOCATIONMake sure the notchin the chip (indicatingpin-1) points towardt