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From: cch@sei.cmu.edu (Clifford Huff)
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Subject: Re: What's Nu with VME for Mac?
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Keywords: NuBus, VME, slotted Mac

In regards to the question of the next generation Macintosh using VME or
NuBus, you should find it interesting that between the IEEE standards 
committees for VME and NuBus, Apple is very active and only active on
the NuBus (proposed IEEE-696 Std).  This is very interesting!  Apple
has made suggestions to the IEEE-696 committee to make interfacing
to NuBus an even easier task and has propose a second smaller
microcomputer interface card.

I believe that Apple is very concerned about making a bus decision which
they will have to live with for many years.  And when Apple looked at 
VME they saw too many long term problems that outweighed any short term
marketing benefits of using VME.  Apple sees in NuBus a much more 
straight forward bus implementation and with their recommendations a
much easier bus to interface with by 3rd parties.

I also believe that a recent issue of Computer Design reported that 
Apple has signed an agreement with TI concerning the NuBus.  This 
would be a very strange move for Apple if they were heading in the
VME path.
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	Cliff Huff
	Software Engineering Institute
	Carnegie-Mellon University
	Pittsburgh, PA 15213
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