dan@ciprico.UUCP (12/18/84)
Does anyone out there know of any VME based UNIX systems? We are looking for kit type systems based on the VME bus. Cpu/memory/serial cards already built that we can plug into our VME rack & power supply. We will take entire systems also. Please send me any available information you have on such beasts...particularly Addresses/Phone numbers/Names. I would also like if you told me a little bit about the system...Do you have one? How do you like it? Good system or bad? What UNIX port? Reply via the network or US Mail. -Dan A. Dickey ihnp4!umn-cs!ciprico!dan ------ Ciprico, Inc. (612) 559-2034 Attn: Dan A. Dickey 2405 Annapolis Lane Plymouth, MN 55441 ------
sde@Mitre-Bedford (12/26/84)
Stride (formerly Sage) makes VME 68000 Unix Machines listing for something like $3k, $5k, & $50k. I've never used any of their stuff, but I seem to recall kind words for them from Jerry Pournelle. David sde@mitre-bedford
malcolm@ecn-ee.UUCP (12/29/84)
From: ciprico!dan Does anyone out there know of any VME based UNIX systems? Be sure to talk to Integrated Solutions. All my literature has been borrowed so I don't have their phone number here. They are based in San Jose and have a Chicago sales office. Shouldn't have any problems getting the number from directory assistance. They make both Q-bus and VME based 68000 systems. There product is in the same class as Sun but they seem to have a nicer design. Drop me a note if you need more information. Malcolm
karl@cygnet.CYGNETSYSTEMS (Karl Danz) (12/30/84)
> Does anyone out there know of any VME based UNIX systems?
We have a couple of Motorola VME/10 systems running their
System V UNIX port (distributed by AT&T). They're not real fast
(30 seconds to compile "hello world" program), but they work.
The system is 68010 based and uses the 68451 MMU (natch).
They sell two basic models: one has a 15 Megabyte Winchester and
the other (new) one has a 40 MB disk. There are five full-width,
and four half-width, unused VME slots available. The base system
comes with 384K RAM; memory can be added in increments of 256K,
512K, 1M or 2M. The RAM cards are full-width. (They are really
shipping the 2 Meg card -- we have one, and it works.)
You can add a "dual serial port" card (half-width, but two slots)
and plug in two terminals (or a terminal and a line to your VAX).
It's a multi-user system, but you'll want to be the only user.
We have had only a few minor problems, such as being forced to
use a low baud rate (2400) on the line to the VAX -- this is
apparetnly due to the disk driver polling instead of being
interrupt driven, and Motorola is looking into this for us.
They are supportive and helpful. They should be; the VME/10
ain't cheap.
Karl Danz
Cygnet Systems
...hplaps!cygnet!karlpedz@smu.UUCP (01/06/85)
Motorola and Mostek both make boxes based on VME running System V (so they say)
fred@mot.UUCP (Fred Christiansen) (01/06/85)
Motorola's VME/10 workstation with VME card cage has already been described by Karl Danz of Cygnet. It may be of interest that a MVME121 MPU board-based system was demonstrated last November at Munich, Germany's Electronika '84 running System V Release 2. The '121 is 68010/68451-based like the VME/10, but system surrounding the '121 used standard memory, disk, and serial cards in a rack-mount chassis. While the VME/10 with Unix is supported now, the '121 is yet to be released. To avoid being too parochia I will mention that Force and Mostek advertise VME systems with Unix. Also, the most recent issue of Digital Design says the Sun 2/150 has provisions for VME after-market boards, but this needs confirming.