On Feb 8 2005, 11:01, Vintage Computer Festival wrote:
> On Tue, 8 Feb 2005, Pete Turnbull wrote:
> > I don't know what you mean by a second bus segment. Does this
system
> > have two backplanes? Linked by a cable? Or are you thinking of
left
> > and right sides?
>
> Qbus is "segmented", each segment having 4 quad slots. At least this
is
> what I've observed. So the system I'm working with now has two
4-slot
> quad bus segments, for a total of 8 quad slots.
Oh, I see. That's just a mechanical thing, to do with the sizes the
connectors are made in. Electrically, it's all one.
--
Pete Peter Turnbull
Network Manager
University of York
Received on Tue Feb 08 2005 - 14:45:28 GMT