Driver:MIPS

MIPS

This article and the corresponding MAME driver focus on computers sold by MIPS Computer Systems which use MIPS R2000/R3000 processors and run RISC/os (also known as UMIPS), a port of UNIX System V release 3 with BSD extensions.

Status

MIPS Computer Systems range[1]

Model	Board	CPU	Clock	Slots	Disk	Package	Notes
M/500	R2300	R2000	5MHz	VME	ESDI
M/800	R2600	R2000	8MHz	VME	ESDI
M/1000	R2800	R2000	10MHz	VME	ESDI
M/120-3	R2400	R2000	12.5MHz	PC-AT	SCSI	Deskside	aka Intrepid
M/120-5	R2400	R2000	16MHz	PC-AT	SCSI	Deskside
M/180	R2400
M/2000-6	R3200	R3000	20MHz	VMEx13	SMD	Rack Cabinet
M/2000-8	R3200	R3000	25MHz	VMEx13	SMD	Rack Cabinet
M/2000-?	RB3125	R3000	33MHz
RC2030	I2000	R2000	16MHz		SCSI	Desktop	aka M/12, Jupiter
RS2030	I2000	R2000	16MHz		SCSI	Desktop	aka M/12, Jupiter
RC3230	R3030	R3000	25MHz	PC-ATx1	SCSI	Desktop	aka M/20, Pizazz
RS3230	R3030	R3000	25MHz	PC-ATx1	SCSI	Desktop	aka M/20, Pizazz, Magnum 3000
RC3240		R3000	25MHz	PC-ATx4	SCSI	Deskside	M/120 with CPU-board upgrade
RC3330		R3000	33MHz	PC-AT	SCSI	Desktop
RS3330		R3000	33MHz	PC-AT	SCSI	Desktop
RC3260		R3000	25MHz	VMEx7	SCSI	Pedestal
RC3360	RB3133	R3000	33MHz	VME	SCSI	Pedestal
RC3370	RB3133
RC6260	R6300	R6000	66MHz	VME	SCSI	Pedestal
RC6280	R6300	R6000	66MHz	VMEx6	SMD	Data Center
RC6380-100		R6000x1	66MHz	VME	SMD	Data Center
RC6380-200		R6000x2	66MHz	VME	SMD	Data Center
RC6380-400		R6000x4	66MHz	VME	SMD	Data Center

Preparation

Prerequisites

TODO: mame version, riscos files, tap adapter

Network

TODO: set up the bfs and rsh networking tools and environment.

Storage

Use chdman createhd to prepare a new CHD for the operating system installation, and then chdman addmeta to apply a manufacturer string used to identify the drive make/model information that will be returned by the SCSI INQUIRY command.

chdman createhd -o rs2030.chd -chs 1872,15,74
chdman addmeta -i rs2030.chd -t IDNT -vt "SEAGATE ST11200N        1.00"

The SCSI INQUIRY response data (defined by the IDNT meta-data tag in the CHD) should consist of an 8 character manufacturer name, 16 character model number, and 4 character version number, all left justified and padded with spaces.

Configuration

TODO: mame configuration

References

The following are various documents pertaining to MIPS computer systems.

Reference	Title	Date	Links
Reference	Title	MmmYY	[2]