TURBOchannel - Revision history

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	The '''TURBOchannel''' was a publicly-available [[bus]] standard developed by [[Digital Equipment Corporation\|DEC]]. It was used on the [[VAXstation 4000 series]], the [[DECstation\|MIPS-based DECstation series]], and the [[DEC 3000 series\| Alpha-based DEC 3000 series]] of DEC]] [[workstation]] computers.		The '''TURBOchannel''' was a publicly-available [[bus]] standard developed by [[Digital Equipment Corporation\|DEC]]. It was used on the [[VAXstation 4000 series]], the [[DECstation\|MIPS-based DECstation series]], and the [[DEC 3000 series\| Alpha-based DEC 3000 series]] of DEC [[workstation]] computers.

	The range of DEC TURBOchannel adapter types produced includes:		The range of DEC TURBOchannel adapter types produced includes:

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	The '''TURBOchannel''' was developed ~~for and~~ used on the [[VAXstation 4000 series]], the [[DECstation\|MIPS-based DECstation series]], and the [[DEC 3000 series\| Alpha-based DEC 3000 series]] of ~~[[Digital Equipment Corporation\|~~DEC]] [[workstation]] computers.		The '''TURBOchannel''' was a publicly-available [[bus]] standard developed by [[Digital Equipment Corporation\|DEC]]. It was used on the [[VAXstation 4000 series]], the [[DECstation\|MIPS-based DECstation series]], and the [[DEC 3000 series\| Alpha-based DEC 3000 series]] of DEC]] [[workstation]] computers.

			The range of DEC TURBOchannel adapter types produced includes:

	~~The range of DEC TURBOchannel adapter types includes:~~
	* [[Video]] options: PMAG* MX/CX/PX/PXG Graphics Boards		* [[Video]] options: PMAG* MX/CX/PX/PXG Graphics Boards
	* [[Small Computer System Interface\|SCSI]] options: PMAZ* SCSI controllers		* [[Small Computer System Interface\|SCSI]] options: PMAZ* SCSI controllers
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	Additionally there were numerous TURBOchannel options from third-party vendors.		Additionally there were numerous TURBOchannel options from third-party vendors.

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	==External links==		==External links==

	* [https://en.~~wikipedia~~.org/~~wiki~~/TURBOchannel ~~Wikipedia article on~~ TURBOchannel]		* [https://web.archive.org/web/20220701234749/https://ftp.zx.net.nz/pub/archive/ftp.hp.com/pub/alphaserver/archive/triadd/] - document archive of the now-defunct TURBOchannel Industry Group; includes the complete TURBOchannel specification
	* [https://~~manx-docs~~.org/~~collections~~/~~antonio~~/~~dec/MDS~~-~~2000~~-~~01/cd1/SYS_OPT/TRBOCMG5~~.~~PDF~~ EK-TRBOC-MG-005 TURBOchannel Maintenance Guide]		* [https://www.filibeto.org/dec/hardware/EK-TRBOC-MG-005.pdf EK-TRBOC-MG-005 TURBOchannel Maintenance Guide] (EK-TRBOC-MG-005)

	[[Category: TURBOchannel]]		[[Category: TURBOchannel]]
	[[Category: DEC Buses]]		[[Category: DEC Buses]]
	[[Category: Buses]]		[[Category: Buses]]

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	The '''TURBOchannel''' was developed for and used on the [[VAXstation 4000 series]], the [[DECstation\|MIPS-based DECstation series]], and the [[DEC 3000 series\| Alpha-based DEC 3000 series]] of [[Digital Equipment Corporation\|DEC]] [[workstation]] computers.		The '''TURBOchannel''' was developed for and used on the [[VAXstation 4000 series]], the [[DECstation\|MIPS-based DECstation series]], and the [[DEC 3000 series\| Alpha-based DEC 3000 series]] of [[Digital Equipment Corporation\|DEC]] [[workstation]] computers.

	The range of TURBOchannel adapter types includes:		The range of DEC TURBOchannel adapter types includes:
	* [[Video]]		* [[Video]] options: PMAG* MX/CX/PX/PXG Graphics Boards
	* [[Small Computer System Interface\|SCSI]]		* [[Small Computer System Interface\|SCSI]] options: PMAZ* SCSI controllers
	* [[Fiber Distributed Data Interface\|FDDI]]		* [[Fiber Distributed Data Interface\|FDDI]] option: PMAF TURBOchannel FDDI option board
	* [[Ethernet]]		* [[Ethernet]] option: PMAD 10 Mbps Ethernet controller
	* [[VMEbus]]		* [[Token Ring]] option: PMAT TURBOchannel Token Ring Adapter
			* [[VMEbus]] option: PMABV TURBOchannel to VME option board

			Additionally there were numerous TURBOchannel options from third-party vendors.

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	* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TURBOchannel Wikipedia article on TURBOchannel]		* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TURBOchannel Wikipedia article on TURBOchannel]
			* [https://manx-docs.org/collections/antonio/dec/MDS-2000-01/cd1/SYS_OPT/TRBOCMG5.PDF EK-TRBOC-MG-005 TURBOchannel Maintenance Guide]

	[[Category: TURBOchannel]]		[[Category: TURBOchannel]]
	[[Category: DEC Buses]]		[[Category: DEC Buses]]
	[[Category: Buses]]		[[Category: Buses]]

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	[[Category: TURBOchannel]]		[[Category: TURBOchannel]]
	[[Category: DEC Buses]]		[[Category: DEC Buses]]
			[[Category: Buses]]

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	The '''TURBOchannel''' was developed for and used on the [[VAXstation 4000 series]], the [[DECstation\|MIPS-based DECstation series]], and the [[DEC 3000 series\| Alpha-based DEC 3000 series]] of [[Digital Equipment Corporation\|DEC]] [[workstation]] computers.		The '''TURBOchannel''' was developed for and used on the [[VAXstation 4000 series]], the [[DECstation\|MIPS-based DECstation series]], and the [[DEC 3000 series\| Alpha-based DEC 3000 series]] of [[Digital Equipment Corporation\|DEC]] [[workstation]] computers.

	The range of TURBOchannel adapter types ~~include~~:		The range of TURBOchannel adapter types includes:
	* [[Video]]		* [[Video]]
	* [[Small Computer System Interface\|SCSI]]		* [[Small Computer System Interface\|SCSI]]

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New page "TURBOchannel"

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The '''TURBOchannel''' was developed for and used on the [[VAXstation 4000 series]], the [[DECstation|MIPS-based DECstation series]], and the [[DEC 3000 series| Alpha-based DEC 3000 series]] of [[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]] [[workstation]] computers.

The range of TURBOchannel adapter types include:
* [[Video]]
* [[Small Computer System Interface|SCSI]]
* [[Fiber Distributed Data Interface|FDDI]]
* [[Ethernet]]
* [[VMEbus]]

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==External links==

* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TURBOchannel Wikipedia article on TURBOchannel]

[[Category: TURBOchannel]]
[[Category: DEC Buses]]