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From: cliff@cfa250.harvard.edu (Cliff Stoll)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: VME bus to DR-11W driver under System V
Message-ID: <1488@cfa253.cfa250.harvard.edu>
Date: 18 Apr 89 22:01:19 GMT
Organization: Harvard/Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
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Have you interfaced a DR-11W type board to a VME crate?

We have a Silicon Graphics IRIS computer (which has VME slots),
and we need a parallel lab-type DMA interface, for data acquisition.
The beast runs System V Unix.

We've found several boards that interface from VME to DR-11W
(The DR-11W is a general purpose parallel interface that's well suited
for our lab I/O demands)  For example, MDB systems in Orange, CA
sells a DMA I/O module that connects from VMEbus to a DR-11W interface.

But what about software?  The MDB board comes with a standalone
generic 68000 driver, which knows nothing about Unix.  

We need a Unix driver to do parallel I/O for this beast.  

Any ideas or suggestions? 
 (in return, I'll happily send you a box of homemade chocolate chip cookies!)

Many thanx from Cliff Stoll      Cliff@cfa200.harvard.edu   617/495-7147
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Cliff Stoll     cliff@cfa200.harvard.edu   617/495-7147