[Info-vax] VSI: "Official 8.4-1H1 Launch"

Stephen Hoffman seaohveh at hoffmanlabs.invalid
Sat Jun 6 13:11:53 EDT 2015


On 2015-06-06 17:00:42 +0000, Jan-Erik Soderholm said:

> I do not expect to see x86 VMS systems of any sort having dedicated 
> communication or DAC/ADC cards or similar. Most of that kind of things 
> has moved "down" to PLCs or other embedded systems.

You might not, but it's certainly an option for those that are:

http://www.geautomation.com/products/ics-1640/p3403
http://www.geautomation.com/products/ics-1620/p3402

There are other sources, and — unsurprisingly — some Xilinx-based options, too.

Writing a device driver for this sort of stuff isn't — on the previous 
three architectures, at least — a big deal, either.

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