Odd Q-Bus questions 18/22bit

From: Huw Davies <H.Davies_at_latrobe.edu.au>
Date: Mon Aug 24 23:36:24 1998

At 10:37 PM 24-08-98 -0400, Allison J Parent wrote:

>< One question, what's the difference between the AB and CD slots in the
>< backplane?
>
>varies. There are generally two styles of cards dual width (AB) and quad
>width (ABCD) and two styles of backplane those that are bussed with the
>same signals on AB/CD pairs and those that are bussed on the AB side and
>the CD has a unique bussing for user configs and special use.

Thanks again. This is starting to make sense - probably indicates that I'm
taking too much caffeine and not sleeping :-) Don't you just love 40 hour
weeks (just that they shouldn't start Saturday and finish Monday, with the
rest of the week to come...).

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