Newsgroups: comp.sys.transputer From: Richard Beton Subject: Re: DS links not dead? Organization: Roke Manor Research Limited Date: Tue, 06 Jan 1998 08:59:02 +0000 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <34B1F256.B0381782@roke.co.uk.no.spam.thanks> Alec Cawley wrote: > >I noticed a prior reference on this newsgroup to a mysterious link > >technology. The number I think was IEEE 1394. At the time I noted a URL > >and postponed looking at it until later. When I looked at the link today I > >found to my surprise that the article was speaking about the good old DS > >links from the T9000. There was even a copy of part of the T9000 hardware > >manual and references to the C104. Does this mean that the T9000 design > >is still alive and well? I thought all Inmos's work on this had come to > >nothing. Can someone elucidate? > >NewsMan > > The T9000 is dead, but the DS link lives on as IEEE 1355 (1394 is > another kind of serial link, sometimes called Firewire, and is a > TI/Apple effort). 1355 has a support association with a web page at, if > memory serves, something like http://www.1355_association.org. I am sure > that someone will correct me in a minute, or a quick visit to a search > engine will soon reveal the correct address. The Firewire (IEEE1394) marketing seems to be in full swing. Sadly, they normally gloss over the 4.5 foot distance limit on copper connections coz they're hoping for cheap optical links to become available. Clearly, 4.5ft is no use for wiring up Joe Blogg's 3 bed semi. It would be good if the IEEE1355 marketing matched that of IEEE1394, since it appears to be yet another case of the inferior technology out-marketing the better alternative. I wonder why STM seem not to be pushing 1355 very hard. Rick -- Richard Beton BSc CPhys MInstP Roke Manor Research Limited --------- Standard Disclaimer about my own views etc etc -------- --------- My mail client accepts rich text (HTML) mail -------- Welsh Highland Railway: http://www.whr.co.uk/WHR/WHR.html