On Fri, 21 May 2004, emanuel stiebler wrote: Ok, so the next question is a bit more complex. If I've got a VME interface board, and I'd like to run a program that runs under DOS on an ISA-based interface that does the same thing as the VME board, will that program work with the VME board or is the entire hardware/interrupt structure completely different? In other words, does MS-DOS think it's still running on an ISA system even though it's on a VME system? Or was there a special MS-DOS made for VME systems? I know I'm engaging in wishful thinking but I'm wondering if the DOS software will work with the VME board. I suppose if its going through BIOS then maybe, but my guess is that the software is directly accessing the ISA board hardware and will not work with the VME board in a VME system. -- Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ International Man of Intrigue and Danger http://www.vintage.org [ Old computing resources for business || Buy/Sell/Trade Vintage Computers ] [ and academia at www.VintageTech.com || at http://marketplace.vintage.org ]

We run software (LabView) on a VXI/VME ATE (Automated Test Environment). It's possible to find 386/486/Pentium processors that are modules that run on the bus - DOS/Windows and Linux. It's also possible using an interface called "MXI" or "MXI-2" to use a standard PC with and MXI/MXI-2 interface to a VXI/VME MXI/MXI-2 interface to run just as if it were part of the VXI/VME bus. We use MXI-2 and a Windows/2000 workstation connected to a VXI/VME mainframe with lots of DA/AD, Multimeters, etc. This stuff is NOT cheap.... ePay or Test Equipment sites will all cost you serious $ for anything close to current (w/i 8 years or so). Lyle On Friday 21 May 2004 09:45, Vintage Computer Festival wrote: -- Lyle Bickley Bickley Consulting West Inc. http://bickleywest.com "Black holes are where God is dividing by zero"