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• Adapter for interconnecting a PCI I/O platform and a VMEbus system
• Both can be a bus master on the other system
• Memory mapped adapter enables the PCI I/O based platform to directly control VMEbus cards as though they were on the local PCI bus
• VMEbus processor can access memory and I/O on the PCI computer
• Consists of 2 cards
• PCI bus card and a 6U VMEbus card
• Interconnected with a round EMI shielded cable available in lengths to 25 feet
• Supports PIO random read/writes using memory mapping
• Up to 8 Mbytes of dual ported memory can be provided by a mezzanine that plugs into the VMEbus adapter
• Interrupts can be exchanged between the 2 buses
• Software support for Windows NT, UNIX, Sun, HP, SGI and IBM RISC workstations

See also:

• GE Intelligent Platforms, Inc. products