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From: jerry@wrs.wrs.com (Jerry Fiddler)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs,comp.unix.questions,comp.realtime
Subject: Re: IEE488/VME/Unix
Message-ID: <738@wrs.wrs.com>
Date: 21 Jul 89 21:36:38 GMT
References: <357@tropix.UUCP>
Reply-To: jerry@wrs.wrs.com (Jerry Fiddler)
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Organization: Wind River Systems, Emeryville, CA
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In article <357@tropix.UUCP> twb@tropix.UUCP (Thomas W. Banister) writes:
>
>  I have been working on implementing IEEE488 (GPIB) communications on a VME 
>based computer running Unix SysV. There does not *seem* to be commercially 
>available boards *and* drivers for this system. I would greatly appreciate 
>hearing about any successful implementation of IEEE488 communications on a 
>similiar system. 

I took a quick look in my VITA VMEbus directory, and found that 22 companies
list VMEbus IEEE-488 boards.  I don't know which ones have Sys V drivers
available, but I'm sure that several do.

What Unix system are you using?  Who integrated it?

>  Please do not bother flaming the IEEE488, if it was not neccessary in my
>application I would not be using it.

You have my sympathy.
-- 
Jerry Fiddler
Wind River Systems
jerry@wrs.COM   {sun,rtech}!wrs!jerry