Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!columbia!rutgers!sri-unix!sri-spam!ames!oliveb!sun!pepper!cmcmanis From: cmcmanis%pepper@Sun.COM (Chuck McManis) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga,comp.periphs Subject: Re: AMIGA-V.M.E. Message-ID: <23974@sun.uucp> Date: Wed, 22-Jul-87 13:57:40 EDT Article-I.D.: sun.23974 Posted: Wed Jul 22 13:57:40 1987 Date-Received: Fri, 24-Jul-87 06:20:36 EDT References: <506@cernvax.UUCP> Sender: news@sun.uucp Reply-To: cmcmanis@sun.UUCP (Chuck McManis) Organization: Sun Microsystems, Mountain View Lines: 43 Keywords: VME, process control, data acquisition Xref: mnetor comp.sys.amiga:6782 comp.periphs:472 [Note: to keep inews happy just change '>' to something else (like .>) and those lines are counted as 'included' thank you...] In article <506@cernvax.UUCP> perretg@cernvax.UUCP (perretg) writes: .> .>AMIGA-2000 seems well suited to be the heart of a control or data .>acquisition system (multi-tasking OS, interactive graphic, .>bi-processor system at least with the PC,...). Yes, certainly more powerful than 8088 based PCs that are being used in that capacity. .>Connecting the AMIGA to the V.M.E. bus would not only allow the .>AMIGA to access the outside world (ADC, TDC, DAC, relay control,...) .>but also increase drastically the power of the system through all .>the already existing V.M.E. boards (processors, memories, hard disks .>magnetic tape and CD-ROM controllers, GPIB, CAMAC, FASTBUS controllers) The same could be said of the S-100 bus, or G-64 bus... .>1) Has anybody already heard about such a system (AMIGA-VME) ? .>If not, .>2) Is there enough interest to try to organize ourselves to .>make a joint effort to design it? .> What do you think ????? In all seriousness why not buy a Sun in the first place? A VME disk controller from Interphase or Xylogics cost more than the Amiga 2000. Call up Scott Winkler and tell him you want to order a Sun 3/160 board to plug into you VME card cage, if you want a smaller board ask for the Sun 3/E board (only two VME connectors aka Eurocard format) If you want to add a bus, add one that is commensurate with the price and performance of the CPU. In the case of an Amiga a Multibus interface would probably be everything you needed. But then again it would be a lot cheaper just to go out and buy a multibus CPU. The bottom line is that it will always be more expensive than just buying a 'bussed' cpu card in the firstplace. --Chuck McManis uucp: {anywhere}!sun!cmcmanis BIX: cmcmanis ARPAnet: cmcmanis@sun.com These opinions are my own and no one elses, but you knew that didn't you.