5 Oct
1999
5 Oct
'99
7:15 a.m.
Dave McGuire wrote:
On Tue, 05 Oct 1999, Ram Meenakshisundaram wrote:
Well, I am not too familiar with VME, but I think I need some type of bridge, like
you said, between the SBUS and VME to get it to work. So, I am probably looking
for a VME chasis to house the transputer board and a SBUS card to access the
VME chasis. Something like that would probably cost way too much for a hobbyist
like myself I would probably have better luck trying to get a SUN3 instead which is
VME-based. But unfortunately, I have no desire in getting a Sun3 box. I just dont
have the space for it. Oh well, I guess I am going to put this card in storage
until I find a way to get it working with the IPX...
Ram
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This might be a VME-based transputer board. I
have an Sun IPX, is there
anything I can use to connect this board to the Sun and test it out. I remember
that there was once a option for Sun's to add VME to Sparc2 and IPXs, something
called force. Does anyone know where I can get this or something similar.
Umm...Hmm. Force made a bunch of VME sparc machines...they had a sparc2
on a 6U VME card, and they're currently making a 6U card with what amounts to
a sparc5 on it. It has two sbus slots actually on the vme board, sorta like a
miniature 4/600. I just saw one the other day; we just got a new phone switch
at a company I'm peripherally associated with. It's a big central office
switch made by Summus, and the SS7 processor is one of these Force SS5
machines on a VME board. Neat stuff.