I wonder if there are any XMI docs floating around?  Doesn't Compaq still
support XMI (on the AlphaServer 8400s) or something?

Peace...  Sridhar

On Wed, 30 May 2001, Carlini, Antonio wrote:

> 
> 
> > Brian Chase wrote:
> > 
> 	>I don't mind bidding on it, but I'd rather have just bought it
> outright
> 	>even at some inflated price to preserve this for "the cause."  A
> lot of
> 	>the big VAXen use the BI bus, and as AFAIK, nobody has a copy of
> these
> 	>docs which would be very helpful.
> 
> 	It is most certainly worth preserving these docs.
> 
> 	Before you get *too* excited however, I'm pretty sure the
> 	first one is STD 057, the VAXBI standard doc. This is to
> 	BI as the VAX Architecture Reference Manual is to the
> 	VAX. It tells you how the bus works in considerable
> 	detail (hardware and software conventions) but it won't
> 	say much about how a KDB50 works.
> 
> 	I'm sure Chuck can confirm or deny.
> 
> 	The second one sounds like a "DIY guide to building
> 	a VAXBI board", but I've never seen it so I cannot be sure.
> 
> 	Antonio
>