Path: utzoo!yunexus!geac!orcisi!michael
From: michael@orcisi.UUCP (Michael Herman)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs
Subject: Re: IBM-PC Card to Sun VME bus adapter
Message-ID: <1215@orcisi.UUCP>
Date: 18 Feb 88 13:24:01 GMT
Article-I.D.: orcisi.1215
Posted: Thu Feb 18 08:24:01 1988
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> A PC to VME interface does exist and is manufactured by a company called
> Bit3.  Sorry I don't have the info on them here at home, but I think they
> are in Minneapolis or thereabouts.  They also make PC to Multibus (I and II),
> PC to Q-bus, VME to Multibus, and shared memory systems for all the above.

I spoke with "Phil" at Bit 3 last week.  They can be contacted at:

Bit 3 Computer Corporation
8120 Penn Avenue South
Minneapolis MN
55431-1393
(612) 881-6955

I was one of the original "co-requestors" for a AT-VME bus adapter
board thay would plug into a VME backplane.  The Bit 3 products are
*host* bus adapters.  That is, they connect host computers by plugging
a board into each machine and connecting the boards by a cable.  The
data rates are in the 1-3M byte range and they handle all combinations
of AT, Multibus and VME.  They also have dual-ported memory boards.

What I am still looking for is a VME board that will allow me to:
	* plug an AT board into it;
	* plug the VME board into a VME backplane;
	* access the AT board by talking to the VME board from the VME host.