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In article <11759@phoenix.Princeton.EDU> dakramer@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (David Anthony Kramer) writes:
>I am looking to references on the VME bus and board standard. Firstly what 
>is the official (IEEE?) standard? Secondly are there any books/papers which 
>detail the standard, but are a little more readable than the official 
>standard documentation.

VMEbus has its own non-profit trade group: VITA, the VMEbus International
Trade Association.  (10229 N. Scottsdale Road, Suite E, Scottsdale AZ 85253
602-951-8866; P.O. Box 192, 5300 AD Zaltbommel, The Netherlands 31.4180.14661).
They offer both the reference specifications and vendor guides:
   VMEbus Revision C.1
   VMSbus Revision C.2
   VMXbus Revision B
   VSBbus Revision C
   VMEbus Compatible Products Directory (twice yearly, a recent one was 300 pp+)
   VMEbus Software Source Directory (somewhat oriented to the European market;
          the edition I have may only be available in Europe)

(Disclaimer: I work for a VMEbus manufacturer but otherwise have no connection
 with VITA).

Copies of the VMEbus specification are also usually available from VMEbus
manufacturers; in particular Mizar and Motorola.  The Motorola book is
published by Micrology pbt, 2618 S. Shannon, Tempe, Arizona, 85282,
602-966-5936.

VMEbus is also known as IEC 821 bus and IEEE standard P1014/D1.2; see below
for the adress of IEEE.  However, there may be slight changes in these
standards versus the C.1 spec.

David Pointer (dpointer@uicsrd.csrd.uiuc.edu) contributed the following:
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I pulled this info from the 1989 IEEE Publications catalog:

ANSI/IEEE Std 1014-1987, Standard for a Versatile Backplane Bus:
VMEbus
Order code: SH11544   List: $42.00  IEEE Members: $21.00

It looks like credit card orders can be placed with:

     IEEE Service Center
     Cash Processing Sales Dept.
     445 Hoes Lane
     P.O. Box 1331
     Piscataway, NJ  08855-1331
     (201) 562-5346

The IEEE can be reached at 345 East 47th Street, New York, NY 10017 USA.
Sorry, I don't have their phone number handy.

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I've seen an "Introduction to VMEbus" book but don't have a pointer
to it.

Disclaimer: I believe all this information to be accurate.  However, if anyone
who has more up-to-date information will email to me I will post an
updated message.

Mark Linimon
Mizar, Inc.
linimon@mizarvme
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