ZWARTS@HGRRUG51.BITNET (06/02/88)
We are using VAX-ELN for a nuclear-physics data-acquisition system (based on
Camac) and for a cyclotron control system. The advantage of VAX-ELN is an
excellent software-development environment and a very good integration in our
VAX/VMS environment. Disadvantages are that there is not very much (cheap)
peripheral hardware (like ADCs, DACs) available for Q-bus, Unibus or BI-bus
systems, and that parallel multi-processing is possible only with rather
expensive BI-bus systems.
Other institutes often use VME systems with M68000 processors in such cases,
which has the advantages of having many vendors supplying peripheral hardware,
and of a rather cheap solution for multi-processing. A disadvantage is usually
a rather poor software developing environment, which weights heavily in our
small computer group, because of shortage of manpower.
I think that it would be a perfect solution if we could combine the advantages
of both systems, which would be the case if DEC would produce a VAX processor
board which could be placed in a VME crate and supported under ELN. A few days
ago I heard a rumor that DEC is indeed developing something like that. Is there
anybody who can confirm this rumor? Where could I get more information on this
topic. My sales-representative does not know anything about it.
F. Zwarts Phone: (+31)50-633619
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