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| 180.1 | What about DIGITAL VxWorks for Alpha? | ZYDECO::REDDY | | Wed Mar 05 1997 16:12 | 11 |
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>> SBCs running DIGITAL UNIX, Microsoft Windows NT, and Wind River
>> systems' VxWorks operating systems will be available in May.
Are you sure it's Wind River Systems' VxWorks and not DIGITAL VxWorks
for Alpha that will run on these SBCs?
Sumithra
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| 180.2 | | RLTIME::COOK | | Wed Mar 05 1997 16:23 | 7 |
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It also talks about supporting 2 Mbytes of syncronous RAM. Shouldn't that be sycronous cache?
ac
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| 180.3 | | HELIX::CLARK | | Wed Mar 05 1997 22:35 | 13 |
| > Are you sure it's Wind River Systems' VxWorks and not DIGITAL VxWorks
> for Alpha that will run on these SBCs?
On these DMCC Alpha CPU cards (the EBM2* family?), it's VxWorks for
Alpha...
On the DMCC Intel CPU cards, it's "Wind River Systems' VxWorks".
(I'm interjecting because I updated the DMCC web pages [March update]
accordingly after seeing your question...)
In some general sense, VxWorks for Alpha is a DIGITAL implementation of
"WRS's VxWorks"... Just as DIGITAL implemented what is essentially
"Microsoft's Windows NT"... - Jay
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| 180.4 | ref 180.2 | NESBIT::MCILEAR | | Thu Mar 06 1997 15:07 | 5 |
| The 21164 SBC doe support 1MB or 2MB of synchronous Static RAM (cache), think you maybe getting confused with DRAM.
Billy Mcilear
Technical Support Engineer
DMCC Ayr
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| 180.5 | before anyone moans about still having a Teletype machine | afirm1.ayo.dec.com::Gordon | Gordon McNab | Thu Mar 06 1997 15:51 | 7 |
| > The 21164 SBC doe support 1MB or 2MB of synchronous Static RAM (cache),
> think you maybe getting confused with DRAM.
>
> Billy Mcilear
> Technical Support Engineer
> DMCC Ayr
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| 180.6 | re: comments | SHRCTR::WADAMS | | Thu Mar 06 1997 17:07 | 10 |
| VxWorks is still trademarked by WindRiver....proper credit is given to
avoid legal recourse.
Sometimes, some details get modified w/o notice due to a number of
non-technical reviewers/approvers in the loop....ie S-SRAM vs S-RAM.
(don't like when it happens...but it is a fact of life.....we have all
seen enough blooper ads....many TV shows and magazines prey on such
items. Rather boring to make something of S-RAM......sort of like
Monkey on back, #76...why doesn't everyone leave technical text alone!)
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| 180.7 | re .6 | ZYDECO::BODA | Realtime Expertise Center | Thu Mar 06 1997 21:09 | 17 |
| >VxWorks is still trademarked by WindRiver....proper credit is given to
> avoid legal recourse.
Does this mean that Digital Equipment Corporation is unable to advertise
products using the official name "VxWorks for Alpha"? One could always
put as a footnote as we do in our documentation:
"VxWorks is a registered trademark of Wind River Systems, Inc."
Wind River would be more than happy to sell this product along with
support services for this Alpha-based product. They then turn around
to get the support services for the Alpha-based products from us for free.
Somehow there has to be a fair legal way of making these announcements
without shortchanging Digital.
/atb
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| 180.8 | | CIMCAD::PIERSON | | Thu Mar 06 1997 23:02 | 5 |
| Howsomever, the cache (synchronous ram) fit is fixed at manufacture
time and is locked to the cpu speed. 2m for 500MHz, 1M for 366.
regards
dwp
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| 180.9 | | HELIX::CLARK | | Fri Mar 07 1997 00:03 | 22 |
| > Does this mean that Digital Equipment Corporation is unable to advertise
> products using the official name "VxWorks for Alpha"? One could always
> put as a footnote as we do in our documentation:
>
> "VxWorks is a registered trademark of Wind River Systems, Inc."
We use the official/legal name "VxWorks [Real-time Tools] for Alpha" --
with the appropriate trademark ack to Wind River Systems, Inc. -- in all
kinds of places, including all manners of hardcopy & Web literature.
All when referring exclusively to the Digital-ported VxWorks...
I suspect the "Wind River Systems' VxWorks" that popped up in the press
release was inherited from the larger DMCC frame of reference, in which
you're sometimes collectively referring to Alpha and Intel variants of
VxWorks. In that case, and maybe in others, you might want to emphasize
the familiness, not the differences.
In the March update of the OEM InfoCenter > DMCC web pages, I finessed it
by using "VxWorks" in Alpha/Intel neutral contexts (that we brag about),
"VxWorks for Alpha" in Alpha contexts, and "Wind River Systems' VxWorks"
in Intel contexts. Fwiw... - Jay
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