litt@bnlux0.bnl.gov (Laurence Littenberg) (12/05/90)
We are considering constructing a DECstation-based data acquisition system and are wondering if anyone on the net has some relevant information. Does anyone know how serious DEC's effort to build a VME interface for the TURBOchannel is? How about efforts by third party providers? We'd be grateful for information about anything one can put on the TURBOchannel other than SCSI and ethernet interfaces and DEC graphics hardware. In fact any information about the strength of DEC's committment to the TURBOchannel in general would be welcome. We are also puzzled by the mentions of FDDI in the entries for the DECsystem and DECstation 5000 in the current Systems and Options Catalog. There are no listings for corresponding FDDI interfaces or pictures of direct connections. What is going on?