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DSV11-M documentation

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From: Bruce Wright
Date: Fri, 21 Apr 1989 22:55
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I am trying to locate documentation on the DSV11-M (a 2-line
synchronous communications board for Q-bus machines).   This
should have a part number of EK-DSV11-UG, but DEC does not seem
to have heard about such a part number, and lists NO documentation
for the device (though they can find a part number for the board ...).
If DEC runs true to form, it may be some time in the next century
before they list the documentation for the device in their part
numbers directory (this has happened before more times than I care
to remember).  I need the documentation to provide a quote to a
potential customer for adding support for the DSV11 to a communications 
software package that I support (somehow it never seems to dawn on DEC 
that someone might actually want to use their comm gear for anything 
other than DECnet or possibly SNA).

Since a rather substantial DEC hardware sale depends on this quote,
you would think that DEC would feel a little motivation to provide
a little bit of help.  You would also thing wrong.

Anyway, enough DEC-bashing.  Does anyone have ANY idea where I might
pry out a copy of such a document?  If anyone has a copy of such a
beastie we would be more than willing to fork over a reasonable amount
of money for the documentation/postage (but I DON'T want anyone to
try to sell me a DSV11-M device ... I don't know if the customer is
going to go for this or not, & we don't want to be holding the bag for
$4300 (the DEC list price) or whatever the board might be selling for
from the 3-rd party resellers).

Thanks muchly.

						Bruce C. Wright
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From: bcw@rti.UUCP (Bruce Wright)
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms,comp.sys.dec
Subject: DSV11-M documentation
Keywords: DSV11, communications boards, DEC documentation policy
Message-ID: <2905@rti.UUCP>
Date: 21 Apr 89 22:55:28 GMT
Organization: Research Triangle Institute, RTP, NC
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