brian@sdcsvax.UUCP (Brian Kantor) (11/11/85)
We have been most graciously donated a pair of CALMA CAD/CAM workstations that run in conjunction with a VMS Vax. We'd like to run them under Unix instead, since the UCSD EECS department doesn't use VMS much. Each workstation consists of a Lexidata 68K display processor and some really nice I/O devices. It interfaces to the Vax with a pair of Unibus boards that are an intelligent processor using an 8086 and some sort of multiplexor board, both of CALMA design. Under VMS they appear as a series of devices as control terminals, bitpads, displays, etc. Apparently the Unibus boards can accomodate up to six workstations. Officially, nobody at Calma seemed to know of any Unix interfaces, nor do my spies inside Calma admit of any Unix existing device drivers or interfaces for these wonders. Since I don't have any data on the actual interface to the Unibus I/O boards, it will be difficult to build my own device driver. Any pointers or hints of pointers would be greatly appreciated! Otherwise we're going to have to disassemble the VMS device drivers we've got and work backwards. yecch. Brian Kantor UC San Diego Computer Graphics Lab decvax\ brian@ucsd.arpa akgua >--- sdcsvax --- brian ucbvax/ Kantor@Nosc