DocumentCode
922024
Title
The CERN Host Interface
Author
McLaren, R.A. ; Berners-Lee, T.J. ; Burckhart, D. ; Divia, R. ; Heurley, B. ; Hollingworth, K. ; Jacobs, D. ; Muller, H. ; Parkman, C.F. ; van der Bij, E. ; van Praag, A. ; Guglielmi, A. ; Almeida, Telmo ; Gomes, P. ; Alves, P.
Author_Institution
CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
Volume
35
Issue
1
fYear
1988
Firstpage
321
Lastpage
323
Abstract
The authors discuss the CERN Host Interface Project, which aims to provide modular interfaces between Digital Equipment Corporation´s VAX series computers and two popular high-energy physics buses, the VMEbus and FASTBUS. These user-programmable interfaces contain a powerful central processing unit, large data memories, and ports that allow the user to configure the interface for the required host computer and target bus. The software support and the optical data connection are described.<>
Keywords
DEC computers; computer interfaces; CERN Host Interface Project; FASTBUS; VAX computers; VMEbus; central processing unit; data memories; modular interfaces; optical data connection; ports; software; user-programmable interfaces; Algorithms; Fastbus; Hardware; Instruments; Jacobian matrices; Laboratories; Logic; Microprocessors; Protocols; Registers;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9499
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/23.12734
Filename
12734
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