[TUHS] Surviving System V/VME Artifacts?

[segaloco via TUHS]

On Thursday, May 1st, 2025 at 2:08 PM, Kevin Bowling <kevin.bowling at kev009.com> wrote:

> On Thu, May 1, 2025 at 2:01 PM segaloco via TUHS tuhs at tuhs.org wrote:
> 
> > So part of Western Electric/AT&Ts developer support for the WE32x00 CPU line was
> > the WE321SB VME-bus single-board computer. The official operating system for
> > this was UNIX System V/VME. This version is referenced in several document
> > catalogues and literature surrounding this VME module. I was curious if anyone
> > on list happens to know of any surviving System V/VME artifacts floating around
> > out there. All I've been able to find are references to the system in other
> > WE32x00 and UNIX documentation.
> 
> 
> I would also be interested if anyone has ever seen that hardware. VME
> stuff tends to be durable because it is used in machinery with long
> lifetimes so it doesn't usually go the way of commercial computer
> disappearing.
> 
> > Thanks for any info!
> > 
> > - Matt G.

Details about the module can be found here:

https://archive.org/details/bitsavers_westernEleocessorsandPeripheralsAug87_47936355/page/n467/mode/2up

In addition other WECo/ATTIS publications from the mid 80s describe this and
other bits like the WE321EB eval board and WE321AP analysis pod.

- Matt G.