> On 27 June, 17:23, Charlie <char
...@janelane.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
> > On 22 June, 20:51, Andy Ray <a...@ray-family.org.uk> wrote:
> > > I am offering a rare STEbus Interface for Acorn Risc OS Computers for
> > > sale on eBay
> > >http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Rare-STEbus-Interface-for-Acorn-Risc-OS-Compute...301%3A1|293%3A2|294%3A50
> > Most interesting, though I must confess to know d*mn-all about it...
> > ...I don't suppose you'd have a mo' to elaborate a bit on its
> > (probably many) uses?
> > Regards & best of luck with your auction.
> The STEbus is descrobed on the Intelligent Interfaces websitehttp://www.intint.demon.co.uk/intelligentinterfaces/support/risc_os/e...
> It can be used for a very wide range of applications.
> I am aware of it being used to enable Risc OS based computer to:
> control multiple lasers in light shows staged in Switzerland;
> interface to micrprocessor development systems;
> interface to a complex measurement and control system used in
> university astronomical reseach.
> The large range of STEbus I/O boards includes: Analogue to Digital and
> Digital to Analogue converters; Parallel I/O (including counter/
> timers); Serial I/O; Networking Interfaces (Bit Bus; HART; etc.);
> Stepper and Servo Motor Controllers; EPROM Programmers; etc.
> The STEbus (IEEE Std 1000) Interface comprises two single Eurocards
> connected by up to 2m of ribbon cable. One card plugs into the
> expansion backplane of the computer and the other plugs into the
> backplane of the STEbus System.
> The interface enables the computer to directly address either the 4
> Kbyte STEbus I/O space or the 1 Mbyte STEbus memory space (in 256 x 4
> Kbyte pages).
> The card which plugs into the backplane of the STEbus system provides
> STEbus system controller facilities. It is a potential master of the
> STEbus and has an on-card arbiter which enables the computer to be
> used in high performance multi-master (multi-processor) systems.
> More information is provided in the manual which can be downloaded
> from the Intelligent Interfaces Ltd websitehttp://www.intint.demon.co.uk/intelligentinterfaces/support/risc_os/e...
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