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From: israel@risky.Convergent.COM (Paul Israel)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: VMEbus controller ICs
Message-ID: <5610@risky.Convergent.COM>
Date: 14 Jun 91 20:05:42 GMT
References: <1991Jun13.083713.27384@frey.newcastle.edu.au>
Reply-To: israel@risky.UUCP (Paul Israel)
Distribution: comp
Organization: Unisys Network Computing Group (CT), San Jose, CA
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In article <1991Jun13.083713.27384@frey.newcastle.edu.au> dmk@frey.newcastle.edu.au (David Koch) writes:
%I'm looking for the best/easiest/cleanest VMEbus controller IC, that will
%handle A32/D32.
%
%I'm told that  this is probably the VIC068 produced by:
%
%	VTC Incorporated
%	2401 East 86th Street
%	Bloomington, MN 55425-2702
%	Ph: 612 851 5200
%
%Comments/experiences from VMEbus board designers are welcomed, not only on the VTC product, but also on other approaches to implementing VMEbus controllers.
%
%Also, I'd like to have a fax number for VTC, as we are half a world apart and
%15 hours ahead in time.
%
   I'm not sure, but I think I remember hearing somewhere that VTC sold
the rights to that chip off to another vendor. I think it was Cypress
Semiconductor.

   By the way, you really didn't provide many details regarding your board's
requirements. Do you need master mode, or just slave? What about block
transfers, unaligned access (UAT), etc.? There may be cheaper, cleaner
solutions available depending upon the answers.

-- 
Paul Israel
Renegade Systems, 434 South Bernardo Ave, #2 Sunnyvale, CA 94086
Disclaimer: "Who, me? I wasn't even there!"
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