eprice@sagpd1.UUCP (Eric Price) (05/27/89)
Dear Netlanders
Being a software engineer (even though my degree reads BSEE) I would
like to know what the VME in VME bus stands for. I say it stands for
Virtual Memory Extended, one of my co workers says it stands for something
else the E being for Europe. Please no flames.
Much Obliged,
eric
#define stupidity "it's like hydrogen"
/* the most abundant element in the universe */low@melair.UUCP (Rick Low) (05/29/89)
In article <428@sagpd1.UUCP>, eprice@sagpd1.UUCP (Eric Price) writes: > Being a software engineer (even though my degree reads BSEE) I would > like to know what the VME in VME bus stands for. Versa Module Europa I recall Wayne Fischer mentioning this at a seminar, but maybe I misheard. (This is like the "throw the hand grenade into the room and see who screams" reconnaissance technique. :-) ) -- Rick Low MEL Defence Systems Limited, Ottawa, Canada +1 613 836 6860 mitel!melair!low@uunet.UU.NET
mbutts@mntgfx.mentor.com (Mike Butts @ APD x1302) (05/31/89)
From article <428@sagpd1.UUCP>, by eprice@sagpd1.UUCP (Eric Price): > Being a software engineer (even though my degree reads BSEE) I would > like to know what the VME in VME bus stands for. I say it stands for > Virtual Memory Extended, one of my co workers says it stands for something > else the E being for Europe. Please no flames. Motorola had a bus called Versabus, which was a predecessor to VME, and quite similar electrically, if memory serves me right. VME applied the Versabus' successor on little Eurocard modules, thus Versabus Module Eurocard. (Why not VEM, you ask?) -- Michael Butts, Research Engineer KC7IT 503-626-1302 Mentor Graphics Corp., 8500 SW Creekside Place, Beaverton, OR 97005 ...!{sequent,tessi,apollo}!mntgfx!mbutts OR mbutts@pdx.MENTOR.COM Opinions are my own, not necessarily those of Mentor Graphics Corp.
lexw@idca.tds.PHILIPS.nl (Lex Wassenberg) (06/01/89)
In article <1989May30.175753.1264@mntgfx.mentor.com> mbutts@mntgfx.mentor.com (Mike Butts @ APD x1302) writes: >From article <428@sagpd1.UUCP>, by eprice@sagpd1.UUCP (Eric Price): >> Being a software engineer (even though my degree reads BSEE) I would >> like to know what the VME in VME bus stands for. I say it stands for >> Virtual Memory Extended, one of my co workers says it stands for something >> else the E being for Europe. Please no flames. > >Motorola had a bus called Versabus, which was a predecessor to VME, and >quite similar electrically, if memory serves me right. VME applied >the Versabus' successor on little Eurocard modules, thus Versabus >Module Eurocard. (Why not VEM, you ask?) > Nope. You're close, but not right. Indeed, Motorola developed in the late 1970's a bus called VERSAbus. The European Microsystems group of Motorola in Munich, West Germany, proposed the development of a VERSAbus-like product line based on the Mechanical standard of the Eurocard. The new bus was called VERSAbus-E, and later renamed to VMEbus. Actually, VME stands for VERSA Modular Europe bus. ________________ / / ___ _____/ Lex Wassenberg, Philips TDS / / /__ \/ ___/ Apeldoorn, The Netherlands / / ___/ /__ lexw@idca.tds.philips.nl / / /____/\___/ / /____________/ It's said that only 10 people on the whole world understood /_______________/ Einstein. I'm so brilliant that nobody understands me at all. Disclaimer: Since nobody understands me, I speak only for myself.
rnv@motsj1.UUCP (Ron Voss) (06/02/89)
In article <1989May30.175753.1264@mntgfx.mentor.com>, mbutts@mntgfx.mentor.com (Mike Butts @ APD x1302) writes: > From article <428@sagpd1.UUCP>, by eprice@sagpd1.UUCP (Eric Price): > > Being a software engineer (even though my degree reads BSEE) I would > > like to know what the VME in VME bus stands for. I say it stands for > > Virtual Memory Extended, one of my co workers says it stands for something > > else the E being for Europe. Please no flames. > > Motorola had a bus called Versabus, which was a predecessor to VME, and > quite similar electrically, if memory serves me right. VME applied > the Versabus' successor on little Eurocard modules, thus Versabus > Module Eurocard. (Why not VEM, you ask?) IMPORTANT: THE FOLLOWING IS MY OPINION ONLY! My understanding of Motorola's position on this matter is that VME is NOT an acronym. I don't think you'll ever find it published anywhere that VME stands for anything. I think that in the beginning of VME, if Mot had tried to push any particular meaning, no one else would have signed up to the standard. You can say that someone had some particular meaning in mind. You can say that. :-) (S.R., H.G., are you listening?) -- Ron Voss, Systems Engineer Motorola Inc, Microcomputer Division [mcdapps,hplabs]!motsj1!rnv Opinions (and facts?) are my own
davidb@titan.inmos.co.uk (David Boreham) (06/05/89)
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 ] David Boreham, INMOS Limited | mail(uk): davidb@inmos.co.uk or ukc!inmos!davidb Bristol, England | (us): uunet!inmos-c!davidb +44 454 616616 ex 543 | Internet : @col.hp.com:davidb@inmos-c
dlt@wingman.UUCP (Don Turrell) (06/07/89)
In article <1542@brwa.inmos.co.uk> davidb@inmos.co.uk (David Boreham) writes: >What does the VME in VMEbus stand for ? > >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. Hey! We take exception to that remark ( :-) ) We (Performance Technologies) have been a BUSCON participant since day one. We can tell you that VME stands for Versa Module European. We are also a manufacturer of VMEbus boards as well as various SCSI modules (Small System Computer Interface)... (yet another acronym!) Don Turrell Performance Technologies, Inc. East Rochester New York USA (716) 586-6727 dlt@wingman.com >David Boreham, INMOS Limited | mail(uk): davidb@inmos.co.uk or ukc!inmos!davidb >Bristol, England | (us): uunet!inmos-c!davidb >+44 454 616616 ex 543 | Internet : @col.hp.com:davidb@inmos-c