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From: lamaster@pioneer.arpa (Hugh LaMaster)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: Futurebus
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Date: Fri, 5-Jun-87 12:40:08 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jun  5 12:40:08 1987
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Organization: NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif.
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Keywords: bus, Futurebus

I note that the IEEE Computer Society just held a Summer 87 Futurebus Workshop
in Santa Clara, CA.  IEEE Micro has had several articles on Futurebus in the
last two years.  It is supposed to be very fast, cheap to drive, and the
greatest thing since Velveeta Cheese.  Now that the specifications are
finished and everyone on the committee is happy, how about the rest of the
world?

Have people started to design it in to their products?

Is it as practical and cheap as it is cracked up to be?

How does it compare in ease of integration with VMEbus, Multibus (I and II),
Nubus, IBM PC Bus(es)?

Does it have a future?

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