[net.micro] Wanted: Multi-Bus II Spec

rdt@houxk.UUCP (R.TRAUBEN) (11/03/83)

Wanted: Information leading to the succesful capture of a 
preliminary MUlti-Bus II specification. Naive name-droppers
need not apply.

Seriously folks, I know such a beast exists 'cause I saw
a "can't tell you what it is yet- but 60 companies are
already supporting it" type article in Electronics Magazine.
Key attributes of interest; 

	Number of Address Bits?
	Number of Data bits?
	Asynchronous Handshaking?
	Minimum Number of clock ticks per single word transfer?
	Maximum Data Transfer Rate?
	Bus Arbitration Technique Chosen?
	Differences wrt VME-Bus?

Thanx,
Richard Trauben,
AT&T Bell Labs
(201)949-0088

phil@amd70.UUCP (11/04/83)

Sorry, we are all sworn to secrecy and I would probably be fired
for giving that kind of information out. I can say it looks like
a really neat bus and that it should compete quite well with VME.

I understand Intel is releasing it soon so you shouldn't have to
wait too long.
-- 
Phil Ngai (408) 988-7777 {ucbvax|decwrl|ihnp4|allegra}!amd70!phil

kevinw%isl@BRL.ARPA (11/08/83)

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