11 Sep
2016
11 Sep
'16
6:19 p.m.
On Sun, Sep 11, 2016 at 1:03 PM, Al Kossow <aek at bitsavers.org> wrote:
On 9/11/16 9:08 AM, Warner Losh wrote:
Most of the VME boards were subject to more NDA contraints than DEC
gear, so the few paper copies of the manuals have gone to the
landfills rather than to bitsavers :(
Warner
Most of the VME gear pre-dates folks putting it
online on their web
sites. This means that what exists is on paper and since there was
never the fanatical devotion to preservation like the pdp-11 gear in
that community, most of it is gone to the landfill.
I started actively looking for VME documenation a many years ago. At that
time mostly for Sun-related VME boards.
Like you say, much is already unobtanium. There are some manuals up under various
manufacturers on bitsavers.