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From: dlau@mipos2.intel.com (Dan Lau)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: What does VME stand for?
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Date: 8 Apr 91 18:37:41 GMT
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In article <682@hitachi.uucp> billg@hitachi.uucp (Bill Gundry) writes:
>From article <1991Apr5.194027.22127@garfield.cs.mun.ca>, by sandy@garfield.cs.mun.ca (Sandy Walsh):
>> Here is the RQOTM (Retarded question of the month) ...
>> I have seen VME Bus used everywhere, and after about 1 year of asking
>> cannot find a definative answer.
>> 
>> So far the winner seems to be Virtual Memory Environment
>> with Virtual Memory Expansion a close second ( and my favorite ).
>
>When I was at Motorola, the standard answer was : 
>		Versa Module - Europe
>as it was developed at the Motorola Munich facility.

Funny this question should come up at this time.  I was looking
at the April 1991 issue of SunWorld magazine and in the /lex
column by John Barry, it gave the full detail of the VME name,
and I quote (from page 18):

	VME stands for Versa Module Eurocard, which derives
	from the VERSAbus development in Germany by Motorola
	and Signetic engineers.  VERSA is an acronym for
	Verein Europaischer Regierungen Schaffend Autobusse
	(Organization of European Governments Producing Buses).

So there you have it.
Dan