VME adaptor + SPARCstation 1+

[Scott E. Gordon]

We have been forced, due to Suns infinite wisdom to convert from the Sun 3
line to the SPARCstations.  The problem is that we are heavily based in
VME.  5+ Gigabytes of memory, Image processing boards, array processors,
etc.  Sun suggested that we go with the SPARCstation 1+ with VME
converters on them because the VME buses days are numbered.  So we have to
look into how well converters work and how robust they are.  I fully
expect a degredation in performance, but the big question is how much.
There has been some fight over whether the S-bus is really the bus of the
future.  At this point, we are totally confused.  Does anyone else have
experience with this conversion?  Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

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