[cctalk] Re: Vmebus

2024-02-06 Thread Chris Hanson via cctalk
On Feb 2, 2024, at 2:06 AM, David Brownlee via cctalk wrote: > > On Wed, 31 Jan 2024 at 18:34, Wouter de Waal via cctalk > wrote: >> If someone here has the warm fuzzies for PPC VME, we can talk :-) > > Other than a reflexive twitch to see if NetBSD can run on the MPC7448? :-p It’s NetBSD,

[cctalk] Re: Vmebus

2024-01-31 Thread Martin Bishop via cctalk
Subject: [cctalk] Re: Vmebus > >Anyone have a VMEbus system they use at least occasionally? If so, what >make/model/config? I still use a couple of PPC VME boards (DY4 / Curtiss Wright 182/183/184, both Conduction-Cooled and Air-Cooled) to test the tail end of hardware that we are still

[cctalk] Re: Vmebus

2024-01-31 Thread Wouter de Waal via cctalk
Anyone have a VMEbus system they use at least occasionally? If so, what make/model/config? I still use a couple of PPC VME boards (DY4 / Curtiss Wright 182/183/184, both Conduction-Cooled and Air-Cooled) to test the tail end of hardware that we are still shipping (by now EOL and basically

[cctalk] Re: Vmebus

2024-01-31 Thread Michael Thompson via cctalk
I have a Sun3E VMEbus system. It is a Sun3/60 split into five 6Ux160 VMEbus boards. On Wed, Jan 31, 2024 at 8:57 AM Bill Degnan via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > Sorry, that is the old FAQ and may not be correct, here is a newer page >

[cctalk] Re: Vmebus

2024-01-31 Thread Kevin Lee via cctalk
Please unsubscribe me from this list. On Wed, Jan 31, 2024, at 2:57 PM, Bill Degnan via cctalk wrote: > Sorry, that is the old FAQ and may not be correct, here is a newer page > https://classiccmp.org/mailman3/postorius/lists/cctalk.classiccmp.org/ > > On Wed, Jan 31, 2024 at 7:11 AM Kevin

[cctalk] Re: Vmebus

2024-01-31 Thread Bill Degnan via cctalk
1.2 How to Talk to the Robot There are a few List Processor commands that you might want to use. To send a command to the list processor, write a message to listp...@u.washington.edu (Do NOT send the message to classic...@u.washington.edu). In the body of the message (not the subject line,

[cctalk] Re: Vmebus

2024-01-31 Thread Bill Degnan via cctalk
Sorry, that is the old FAQ and may not be correct, here is a newer page https://classiccmp.org/mailman3/postorius/lists/cctalk.classiccmp.org/ On Wed, Jan 31, 2024 at 7:11 AM Kevin Lee via cctalk wrote: > Unsubscribe me from this list. > > > > On Wed, Jan 31, 2024, at 12:14 PM, Tom Ivar

[cctalk] Re: Vmebus

2024-01-31 Thread Kevin Lee via cctalk
Unsubscribe me from this list. On Wed, Jan 31, 2024, at 12:14 PM, Tom Ivar Helbekkmo via cctalk wrote: > Bill Degnan via cctalk writes: > > > Anyone have a VMEbus system they use at least occasionally? If so, what > > make/model/config? > > I have a couple of old Stride Micro systems, a 440

[cctalk] Re: Vmebus

2024-01-31 Thread Tom Ivar Helbekkmo via cctalk
Bill Degnan via cctalk writes: > Anyone have a VMEbus system they use at least occasionally? If so, what > make/model/config? I have a couple of old Stride Micro systems, a 440 and a 460, that get turned on very occasionally. They run UniStride 2.1, which is based on SVR2, if memory serves.

[cctalk] Re: Vmebus

2024-01-31 Thread Christian Corti via cctalk
On Tue, 30 Jan 2024, Alan Perry wrote: I was given a Sun 3/260 that had been sitting in an open barn for a decade. It is a 12-slot, 9U VME system. I got it running with its CPU board (25Mhz 68020) and a Sun 32M memory board (the 8M board it came with has a h/w issue). Our SUN 4/260 is still

[cctalk] Re: Vmebus

2024-01-30 Thread Plamen Mihaylov via cctalk
I've been running a VME chassis with 3 boards for several years: MVME172, MVME177 and GE VME7671 They are still kicking! On Wed, Jan 31, 2024 at 8:36 AM Mark Linimon via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > On 01/30/2024 9:35 PM CST Glen Slick via cctalk > wrote: > > I have a couple of

[cctalk] Re: Vmebus

2024-01-30 Thread Kurt Nowak via cctalk
I have several Sun3 machines... 3/160, 3/110, 3/50 and 3/60. All except the 3/80 use VME bus. -Kurt On Mon, Jan 29, 2024, 20:07 Bill Degnan via cctalk wrote: > Anyone have a VMEbus system they use at least occasionally? If so, what > make/model/config? > Bill >

[cctalk] Re: Vmebus

2024-01-30 Thread Mark Linimon via cctalk
> On 01/30/2024 9:35 PM CST Glen Slick via cctalk wrote: > I have a couple of PA-RISC based HP/Agilent V743/64 (E1497A) and > V743/100 (E1498A) single-slot, C-size VXI embedded computers. OMFG I thought *my* co-design of a Sparc VMEbus board was rare/obscure. mcl

[cctalk] Re: Vmebus

2024-01-30 Thread Glen Slick via cctalk
On Tue, Jan 30, 2024 at 4:34 PM Paul Koning via cctalk wrote: > > There's also VXIbus, which is VMEbus with some extensions and packaging > standards for instrumentation modules. It seems to be still alive and well > today. I have a couple of PA-RISC based HP/Agilent V743/64 (E1497A) and

[cctalk] Re: Vmebus

2024-01-30 Thread Mark Linimon via cctalk
> On 01/30/2024 5:48 PM CST Chris Hanson via cctalk > wrote: > VMEbus was widely used as a successor to MultiBus in the workstation market Or, in the case of Mizar, Inc., their STDBus line of cards. > The biggest uses of VMEbus though were in laboratory automation, process > control, and

[cctalk] Re: Vmebus

2024-01-30 Thread Chris Hanson via cctalk
On Jan 29, 2024, at 8:07 PM, Bill Degnan via cctalk wrote: > > Anyone have a VMEbus system they use at least occasionally? If so, what > make/model/config? I have a variety of VME hardware that I use some of the time, and on the ClassicCmp Discord we even have a #vme channel. I've mostly

[cctalk] Re: Vmebus

2024-01-30 Thread Jon Elson via cctalk
On 1/30/24 11:09, Jon Elson via cctalk wrote: On 1/29/24 22:07, Bill Degnan via cctalk wrote: Anyone have a VMEbus system they use at least occasionally? If so, what make/model/config? Oh, also my Samsung-made pick and place machine has a 68020 to run the motion system, and a PC that runs

[cctalk] Re: Vmebus

2024-01-30 Thread Paul Koning via cctalk
> On Jan 30, 2024, at 6:48 PM, Chris Hanson via cctalk > wrote: > > On Jan 30, 2024, at 3:25 PM, Bill Degnan via cctalk > wrote: >> >> thanks. I suppose that gives me enough idea what time period and use they >> had > > VMEbus was widely used as a successor to MultiBus in the

[cctalk] Re: Vmebus

2024-01-30 Thread Chris Hanson via cctalk
On Jan 30, 2024, at 3:25 PM, Bill Degnan via cctalk wrote: > > thanks. I suppose that gives me enough idea what time period and use they > had VMEbus was widely used as a successor to MultiBus in the workstation market, a lot of vendors that started with MultiBus (Sun/SGI for example)

[cctalk] Re: Vmebus

2024-01-30 Thread Bill Degnan via cctalk
thanks. I suppose that gives me enough idea what time period and use they had Bill On Tue, Jan 30, 2024 at 6:04 PM Glen Slick via cctalk wrote: > Oh yeah, that reminds me, I have a Sun 4/110. Never really thought > much about it being a VME system, such as a Motorola MVME system. I > can't say

[cctalk] Re: Vmebus

2024-01-30 Thread Glen Slick via cctalk
Oh yeah, that reminds me, I have a Sun 4/110. Never really thought much about it being a VME system, such as a Motorola MVME system. I can't say I use the Sun 4/110 at least occasionally. I don't remember the last time I powered it on. I suppose I should see if it still boots up sometime. On Tue,

[cctalk] Re: Vmebus

2024-01-30 Thread Alan Perry via cctalk
I was given a Sun 3/260 that had been sitting in an open barn for a decade. It is a 12-slot, 9U VME system. I got it running with its CPU board (25Mhz 68020) and a Sun 32M memory board (the 8M board it came with has a h/w issue). After that people started giving me Sun VME stuff. That includes

[cctalk] Re: Vmebus

2024-01-30 Thread Jon Elson via cctalk
On 1/29/24 22:07, Bill Degnan via cctalk wrote: Anyone have a VMEbus system they use at least occasionally? If so, what make/model/config? We have a Weiner VME system, specifically designed for nuclear data acquisition. I have a couple other VME crates with power supplies we use for the

[cctalk] Re: Vmebus

2024-01-29 Thread Henry Bent via cctalk
On Mon, 29 Jan 2024 at 23:07, Bill Degnan via cctalk wrote: > Anyone have a VMEbus system they use at least occasionally? If so, what > make/model/config? > Bill > Do you mean use as in collect and keep in working condition, or as in run for productivity? -Henry