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Date:      Sat, 30 Nov 1996 18:06:35 -0500 (EST)
From:      Chuck Robey <chuckr@glue.umd.edu>
To:        Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.tfs.com>
Cc:        hardware@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: the "debug" connector on a P6... 
Message-ID:  <Pine.OSF.3.95.961130180429.10210H-100000@packet.eng.umd.edu>
In-Reply-To: <6584.849394820@critter.tfs.com>

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On Sun, 1 Dec 1996, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:

> In message <Pine.OSF.3.95.961130175009.10210G-100000@packet.eng.umd.edu>, Chuck
>  Robey writes:
> >On Sat, 30 Nov 1996, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
> >
> >> 
> >> Most P6 motherboards seems to have the "debug" connector for each CPU.
> >> As far as I know you can get hold of the boundary-scan signals of the
> >> CPU this way, and poke around and debug the state of it.
> >> 
> >> Now, are there anybody out there who knows what it would take to get
> >> something that plugs into that connector ?
> >> 
> >> Preferably something that could be controlled from FreeBSD...
> >
> >Any kind of clue as to what such a connector looks like, like how many
> >pins, or something?
> 
> it's a 2x20 (or thereabout) berg connector, ie: somewhat like the two rows
> of pins for the floppy cable.

Hmm, yeah, I know what Berg pins are.  Seems a Tyan Titan Pro doesn't have
the connectors you are describing.  Too bad.  Maybe they left it out in
the dual design, because the motherboard is somewhat cramped to begin
with.

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