jackson@jaws.DEC (I'm all right jack, keep your hands off my stack) (03/07/85)
I am in the process of evaluating other bus structures (other than
the ones that we use within DEC) I am currently evaluating the Nu bus
(Texas Instruments), VMEbus (Motorola/signetics) and Multibus II (Intel)
Questions have come up within our group about design tools for designing
options for these busses. This would include standard layout tools
which have board shapes, etc already defined, and simulation tools
for the chips that are available from the bus vendor. What is available out
there? (either standalone, VMS based, or ULTRIX based, I can't get other
versions)
Also, if people who have designed options for these busses would provide
some information on why they chose a specific bus, how much resources
(time, people, compute power, and parts) it took to do the design, and
overall 'completeness' of the specifications would be greatly
appreciated.
responses to me directly will be summarized in net.arch
bill jackson
Digital Equipment Corp.
Hudson Mass
(617)568-4083
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