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368.0. "URGENT--QBUS<-->TDC2000 HELP NEEDED" by TROA02::DLOTEN (Semper ubi sub ubi.) Sat Nov 17 1990 13:36

    I URGENTLY need a response from someone who has done or knows of
    someone who has done a project similar to the one described below!

    (This note is cross posted in       BULL
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    Our customer is a large multi-national petrochemical producer who
    currently utilize a cobbled solution to provide an interface
    between a  MVII and the Honeywell TDC-2000 system ...


                      +-------+              +-----------+
                      | MV II |              | TDC-2000  |
                      |       |              |           |
                      |       |              +-----------+
                      +-------+              | Preferred |
                      | Q-Bus |              | Access    |
                      +-------+              | Highway   |
                          |                  +-----------+
                    +----------+                   |
                    |   ABLE   |   +--------+  +------+
                    |  Q<-->U  |---| DIA-11 |--| GPCI |
                    | Converter|   +--------+  +------+
                    +----------+

    Spare parts for the DIA-11 (produced by a 4th party board manufacturer
    for Honeywell) are becoming very hard to find.  Support for the ABLE
    Q-Univerter product is dwindling and their latest upgrade to VMS caused
    instability in the whole configuration.

    The customer is looking for interested parties to propose an
    alternative I/F between the  Q-Bus and the GPCI and agree to support it
    for a fixed period of time (eg. 5 years).  I feel that they would very
    much like Digital to grab the bull (no pun intented) by the horns and
    do this project for them.

    Unfortunately, to date, I have been unsuccessful in locating ANYONE who
    can do or is willing to try doing the job!

    Please help!! I need an answer by the middle of next week (Nov 21st)!

    Thanks!

    -doug