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From: perry@well.UUCP (Perry S. Kivolowitz)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: SDP
Summary: What Is IEEE-959
Message-ID: <6017@well.UUCP>
Date: 22 May 88 17:18:31 GMT
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In article <2036@sugar.UUCP>, peter@sugar.UUCP (Peter da Silva) writes:
> Could you let us in on just what IEEE 959 is? I have long longed for
> a low-cost widely-used bus for the Amiga, and this sounds like just
> what the doctor ordered. A lot of applications have to little a market
> for the overhead of a full autoconfig board.

IEEE-959 is the standard which grew out of Intel's iSBX(tm) daughterboard
standard for 8 and 16 bit daughterboards (or modules). These  modules are
commonly  used in MultiBus  (I and II)(tm),  VMEbus(tm),  and IBM PC(etc)
computers.

I recently surveyed over 250 modules from over  thirty  manufacturers of-
fering nearly every type of functionality one  can imagine.  Prices range
anywhere from 150 to 1000 dollars. As I've mentioned before,  we are cur-
rently designing our  own  modules to perform  various key functions like
serial ports, scsi, math, and GPIB.

The strength of this product is that it allows the Amiga to (quickly)  go
where its never  gone  before. Its weakness (with respect to the consumer
market) is that with all the hundreds of functions the board can perform,
there is no hope that ASDG  will  write ALL the drivers in any short time
span. That's where you developer types come in. Envision a vertical mark-
et application - and go for it. We'll help.

Please, I can't get enough time on Usenet let alone answer email. Serious
potential developers should contact me by phone since email will probably
never get seen.

Perry@ASDG
(608) 273-6585