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About This ManualThe MVME5100 Single Board Computer Programmer’s Guide provides
the information you will need to program and configure your MVME5100
Single Board Computer. It provides specific programming information
and data applicable to this board
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This guide provides programming information and other data applicable to
the MVME5100. As an added convienience, it also provides details of the
chip set (Hawk) programming functions. It is important to note that much
of the board’s programming functionality is associated with the Hawk
ASIC. Additional programming information can also be found in the
following manuals (refer to Appendix A, Related Docume ntation):
❏PPCBug Firmware Package User’s Manual
❏PPCBug Diagnostics Manual
❏MPC750 RISC Microprocessor User’s Manual
❏MPC7410 RISC Microprocessor User’s Manual
❏Universe II User Manual
The MVME5100 is a high-performance VME single board computer
featuring the Motorola Computer Group (MCG) PowerPlus II architecture
with a choice of PowerPC® processors—either Motorola’s MPC7410 with
AltiVec™ technology for algorithmic intensive computations or the low-
power MPC750 and MPC755.