Re: Computer Design & Automation (CDA), Simpact, EXCLAN

2018-08-30 Thread Josh Dersch via cctalk
On Thu, Aug 30, 2018 at 10:26 AM, Al Kossow via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > EXCELAN made VME, Multibus, QBus and Unibus Intelligent Ethernet cards > that put the IP stack on board running from an 80186. Obviously, didn't > keep up with changing standards. It also had the problem the I

Re: Computer Design & Automation (CDA), Simpact, EXCLAN

2018-08-30 Thread Al Kossow via cctalk
EXCELAN made VME, Multibus, QBus and Unibus Intelligent Ethernet cards that put the IP stack on board running from an 80186. Obviously, didn't keep up with changing standards. It also had the problem the IP address was tied to the Ethernet address. SGI used them in the 68K IRIS machines. There was

Re: Computer Design & Automation (CDA), Simpact, EXCLAN

2018-08-30 Thread Richard Sheppard via cctalk
> Does anybody know anything about these companies or their products? I have a couple of Simpact VME form factor DSP cards (DSP-LC) which were used in a fancy telephone answering machine for radio stations. It was part of a big system which allowed listeners to call in and get the weather, lotte

Computer Design & Automation (CDA), Simpact, EXCLAN

2018-08-30 Thread Paul Anderson via cctalk
Does anybody know anything about these companies or their products? If you have any interest in them, please contact me off list. Thanks, Paul