15 Aug
2008
15 Aug
'08
11:58 p.m.
jeff.kaneko at juno.com wrote:
You'd probably have better luck locating an 88k
AViiON.
Many more were produced, with similar (VME) architecture.
Documentation is scarce, but if you get the right model,
there's some good info available.
Appreciate the suggestion. I already have a few deskside 88k AViiONs
buried in storage, several Moto MVME 88100/88110 modules and a chassis
or two, an ADP-badged M8120, and one of the OMRON Luna 88k SMP
workstations. That last just popped up on eBay one day so I grabbed it
-- say, wonder if I can dig that out in time for VCF...
As Jerry wrote, the 88k systems in question were probably officially
designated as the 900 series. But I think there must have been some
marketing use of the name based on the packaging. Too bad I couldn't
keep all those issues of SunWorld, OpenSystems and EE News so I could
track it down.
Anyway I always dug the packaging of the Powerstack (or 900 series)
systems, and thought it'd be neat to have one someday.
--S.