Re: VME Bus Error handling on MVME3100 and 6100 boards

[Andrew Johnson <anj@aps.anl.gov>]

Andy Foster wrote:
> I have a note, EOL3384, from Motorola, saying that the MVME6100
> is EOL pretty soon as well. Last order date, 3rd June 2007.

As Ernest said, this isn't the end of the MVME6100, just some particular 
 model(s) of it.  There will be replacements that may look a bit 
different but they will be functionally identical as far as the software 
is concerned.

You *always* have to read Motorola End Of Life notices very carefully, 
because they almost never mean "we're stopping all manufacture of all 
models of this board."  The MVME147 went through about 5 or 6 different 
incarnations in its lifetime, moving from discrete chips to ASICs and 
through-hole to surface-mount construction, but in all cases the 
replacement models were completely software compatible with the older 
model.  There are customers for whom the physical appearance and 
construction of the board matters (they may use photographs or diagrams 
in the maintenance manuals that they have to keep up to date), but this 
isn't usually the case for EPICS users.

- Andrew
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