New subject: More PDP and FPGA stuff

5 Jun 2013

From: Bert Thomas <bthomas at brothom.nl>

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 Hi,

 http://www.flickr.com/photos/bertsfotos/8959539296/

 This is an "FMS-5/88" computer. It looks like a VME-bus type of card,
 but is completely Intel based with an 8088 and 8087.

 Does anyone know whether FMS is a similar to VME-bus? I had never heard
 of FMS before.

 It think its brand is "grossenbacher elektronik", a Swiss company I think.

 Regards,
 Bert

 It looks too deep to be VME, at least standard VME.  Perhaps deep enough to
be Multibus II or VXI, but the interface logic doesn't look right.  In all
likelihood, though, it's their own thing.  I've certainly made the mistake
of picking up some odd bit thinking it might be VME only to find it was
custom.  DIN 41612 connectors got used in all sorts of things, particularly
where reliability was a concern.

KJ

FMS computer