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From: davidb@titan.inmos.co.uk (David Boreham)
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Subject: Re: a silly VME bus question
Keywords: stupidity
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Date: 4 Jun 89 17:11:34 GMT
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What does the VME in VMEbus stand for ?

I believe it goes back to the VERSAbus (moto). 
Somebody at Motorola (I think in Geneva) re-jigged
the VERSAbus to use DIN41612 connectors and IEC297
card-sizes. The result was known as "VersaModule European",
hence "VME". After a while this bus was fully specified as
the first real VMEbus specification.

None of the original VMEbus vendors liked letting on
what the VME stood for, so nowadays hardly anyone knows.

If you want a laugh try going round BUSCON and asking
every VMEbus vendor what VMEbus stands for ! I bet not
one could tell you.

[ I could be talking rubbish, BTW, by I think I got
  this explanation from Steve Darnauer of Mizar and
  he should know ]
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