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| − | The Extended Memory Interconnect (acronym: XMI) was a bus introduced with the VAX 6000 series of DEC computers to cope with increased requirements, e.g bandwidth. | + | The Extended Memory Interconnect (acronym: XMI) was a bus introduced with the [[VAX 6000 series]] of [[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]] computers to cope with increased requirements, e.g bandwidth. |
| − | The XMI bus started with the "+5V '''XMI-1'''" version which was developed to the "+3.3V '''XMI-2'''" version | + | The XMI bus started with the "+5V '''XMI-1'''" version which was developed to the "+3.3V '''XMI-2'''" version later on. |
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| + | There was an upgrade kit option H9657-CU that takes a VAX 6000 Model 200, 300, or 400 system with an XMI-1 power system and upgrades it to a VAX 6000 Model 500 with an XMI-2 power system. | ||
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| + | The upgrade adds +3.3 volt power, an XMI-2 [[backplane]] preassembled with bus bars and cables, and an H7206-B power and logic unit. | ||
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| + | [http://www.vaxhaven.com/images/f/fc/EK-650EB-UP-002.pdf EK-650EB-UP-002 VAX 6000 XMI Conversion Manual] describes the upgrade procedure. | ||
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Revision as of 12:10, 17 July 2022
The Extended Memory Interconnect (acronym: XMI) was a bus introduced with the VAX 6000 series of DEC computers to cope with increased requirements, e.g bandwidth.
The XMI bus started with the "+5V XMI-1" version which was developed to the "+3.3V XMI-2" version later on.
There was an upgrade kit option H9657-CU that takes a VAX 6000 Model 200, 300, or 400 system with an XMI-1 power system and upgrades it to a VAX 6000 Model 500 with an XMI-2 power system.
The upgrade adds +3.3 volt power, an XMI-2 backplane preassembled with bus bars and cables, and an H7206-B power and logic unit.
EK-650EB-UP-002 VAX 6000 XMI Conversion Manual describes the upgrade procedure.
