31 Jan
2024
31 Jan
'24
3:35 a.m.
On Tue, Jan 30, 2024 at 4:34 PM Paul Koning via cctalk
<cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
There's also VXIbus, which is VMEbus with some extensions and packaging standards for
instrumentation modules. It seems to be still alive and well today.
I have a couple of PA-RISC based HP/Agilent V743/64 (E1497A) and
V743/100 (E1498A) single-slot, C-size VXI embedded computers. You can
run standard HP-UX on them and control VXI instrument modules
installed in the same VXI mainframe.
I also have a couple of 68000 based HP/Agilent E1406A VXI GPIB Command
Modules, which provide a GPIB controller interface to VXI instrument
modules installed in the same VXI mainframe. The versions I have can
also run Instrument Basic on the E1406A as a standalone controller
with a terminal interface attached to the E1406A serial port.
Plus also a couple of X86 based Radisys EPC-5 or EPC-7 VXI CPU
modules. I forget what versions those are. I haven't touched those in
around 20 years, and forget why I have those.