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From: ericmcg@pnet91.cts.com (Eric Mcgillicuddy)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Once again, questions concerning the ensoniq chip...
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Date: 5 May 91 22:45:03 GMT
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>Strange...if this is such a standard, why do you never see it
>advertised anywhere in the computer magazines?  In all my searching
>through Computer Shopper, and in occasional glimpses in PC Magazine
>and Macworld (the latter would be more relevant to a 680x0 bus), I've
>never seen anything about VME.  (But you did say that it's something
>European; that's probably why the stuff is non-mainstream here in the
>U.S.)
>
>Scott Alfter-----------------------------_/_----------------------------

I have seen ads, ElectronicsDesign I believe. Certainly in a braod range of
industrial trade papers, even had a semester dedicated to this bus and a few
others (STD, VME, and NuBus ). 

The Mac II implementation of NuBus uses the same European connector (or a very
close relative). In my opinion is is a much better design than "slots", but it
is also much more expensive and its applicability to low cost micros may not
be appropriate.

VME is not the kind of bus you would expect to find a lot of home computer
type cards available for.

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