22 Apr
1999
22 Apr
'99
11:27 a.m.
>Not to forget ATARI - Yes, ATARI also used VME -
the TT (you know,
>the always anounced, never available and to expensive 68030 system)
>had two ( 3 ?) VME slots for add ons. The idea was baicly to have a
>chance to add 'better' Graphic cards, since the TT was intended as
>Graphic Workstation.
>Eventualy the TT was also in a somewhat
unintentional demand from
>engeneering companies (the TT would had given a beautifull low
>cost VME development system) - again a market where ATARI did
>totaly miss, while the customers where _WAITING_ for the machine.
I'm not very aware of that machine. However, I
personally don't pay much
attention to ATARI as they are a machine not in my scope of interest. I
have to place limits on myself in some way :)
It was a nice and well designed machine, but just again marketed
wrong. Over here it got a lot of cheers from small engeneering
companies (and did backward push the usage of VME - a usable and
_payable_ development system is essential).
>> Moto, Mostek and Philips were earliest
suppliers of hardware. Others
>> followed. Still somewhat popular and well supported today. The 68k
>> processor family was the most used uP. However, Intel uP's, Moto's
88000
>> RISC uP, some Transputer devices and other uP's were also used in VMEbus
>> module designs.
>Somewhat popular ? VME is still #1 when it comes
to industrial apps.
I tend to occasionally understate things. I did so in
this case as there
would often be the person who stands up and says <their favorite bus> is #1
and then the list would degenerate into yet another pi--ing contest.
(Personally, I think VME is #1 indust. bus myself and fully agree with you,
but please don't tell anybody! ;) ;) ;)
This wasn't a personal statement - my last VME project was
some 10 years ago (installations are still working).
>Only the enhanced usage of PCs can stand against
with ISA/PCI backplanes
>and the _very_ popular PC104 systems.
Those PC104 systems are indeed nice for their small
size.
Cute - I've a 486-66 system on my table - with VGA, LAN, Sound, HD
and usual I/O - all in a cube of less than 13x13x13 cm^3 - that's
what I call a workplace system :)
Bis später, Chris
Ja, bis spaeter
Servus
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