fdc@materna.UUCP (Frank D. Cringle) (08/27/90)
Dr. Materna GmbH announces the availability of a VME board designed to
interface to the IBM/370 (FIPS-60) channel. OEM's and system
integrators can use this board to provide high-speed data exchange
between their products and mainframe computers. The board can also be
used as a general-purpose programmable parallel I/O interface for the
VMEbus.
The MMCA-2 (Modular Mainframe Channel Adapter) includes a fully
programmable on-board RISC CPU (VLSI Technology ARM) with up to 512
KBytes of program memory and a separate 512 KBytes of data memory.
All block-multiplex channel operations are supported including
data-streaming at up to 4.5 MBytes/sec. Access to the data memory is
through a 3-way arbiter allowing simultaneous operation of the
data-streaming logic (an optional extra realised in a logic cell
array), the VMEbus (single or block 32bit transfers) and the RISC CPU.
The channel connection is provided via a physically separate socket
unit with line drivers and receivers, which is itself connected to the
MMCA-2 through a ribbon cable to the P2 socket of the VMEbus. This P2
interface carries TTL-level data and control signals and can be used
as a general-purpose 8-bit in/8-bit out port.
The software development package, available for a nominal copying fee,
includes source code of the GNU C Compiler and an optimising assembler
suitable for application development under UNIX or OS-9/68000.
For further information please contact Frank Cringle at:
Dr. Materna GmbH, Vosskuhle 37, 4600 Dortmund 1, W. Germany
Phone +49 231 55 99 00, FAX +49 231 55 99 100
uucp (no domain address yet, sorry!): fdc@materna.UUCP or
uunet!mcsun!unido!materna!fdc
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