Experimental Physics and
Industrial Control System

Andrew Johnson <[email protected]> · Thu, 17 Aug 2006 09:15:19 -0500

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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