27 May
2011
27 May
'11
11:16 a.m.
On 5/26/11 8:53 PM, Tony Duell wrote:
...or single, or triple..
While Sun used triple eurocards on a VME bus, I didn't think that was
officially part of the standard.
Perhaps not, but several companies did it.
> Is the
B012 jut a TRAM motherboard then, taking power form the VME bus
> and bringing the links out on (I asusme) the B connector?
As far as I understood the docs the B012 is just a TRAM carrier with
some C004 link switch chips. It is VME form factor, but the pinout of
As you know, VME boards are standard double Eurocard form factor. While the C004 did re-time the link signals, the links
are not that fast
(10MHz), and you can get away with using F TTL multiplexers, etc to swich
links around on smaller systems. Yes, I have done it.
Neat stuff.
-Dave
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Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL