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- With the introduction of the Model P1600 interface from Systran Corp.,
- companies requiring real-time network performance can incorporate personal
- computers (PCs) into their high-speed systems. The Model P1600 interface
- enables 386- or 486-based PCs to send and receive information from other
- computers at data rates of 150 Mbits/second over the SCRAMNet fiber-optic,
- replicated shared-memory network.
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- With the Model P1600, system architects can achieve the best of two worlds:
- the real-time performance of the SCRAMNet network and the
- price/performance advantages of PCs, all in one heterogeneous network.
- This is useful for such real-time applications as aircraft simulation,
- graphics generation, data acquisition, telemetry and process control. The
- Model P1600 joins many other interfaces in the SCRAMNet family of
- real-time network products, including interfaces to VME, Q-bus, MULTIBUS
- I, SelBUS and other backplane busses.
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- The Model P1600 consists of an interface card installed in the host
- computer's CPU and an external enclosure housing the replicated
- shared-memory and network boards, connected to the host with shielded
- cables.
-
- W. Lynn Trainor, president of Systran, said "Organizations that need the
- high-end data transfer speeds offered by SCRAMNet are under increasing
- pressure to reduce costs. By incorporating PCs into their real-time,
- heterogeneous networks, they can cut costs without losing the performance
- for which they bought their network. Adding PCs to a SCRAMNet network
- increases the variety of SCRAMNet computer nodes, furthering SCRAMNet's
- position as a standard in the realm of real-time applications, while
- meeting our customers' needs for improved price/performance."
-
- SCRAMNet Designed for Simplicity, Speed
-
- With SCRAMNet's replicated shared-memory design, all computer nodes on the
- network are equipped with identical computer-addressable memories. Every
- change to the replicated shared-memory at one node is immediately and
- automatically replicated in all nodes on the network in microseconds,
- causing all the computers to appear in real-time applications as one large
- virtual multi-processor. Featuring fiber-optic technology, a sophisticated
- interrupt structure, data filtering and a programmable byte swapper, the
- SCRAMNet network avoids the limitations of physical shared-memory
- architecture and message-passing LANs to deliver true real-time speed,
- deterministic performance, and positive system control with no software
- overhead.
-
- The Model P1600 -- Enabling PCs to Transfer Data at Lightning Speeds
-
- The Model P1600 provides a transparent, efficient link between the SCRAMNet
- network and 386- and 486-based PCs. Like all Systran boards, it features
- the SCRAMNet simplicity, where all data is replicated in PC memory as it
- occurs, with no protocol conversions. Features include:
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- ∙ Economical connection that can be installed in any 386/486 host
- backplane. The external enclosure can be mounted in a standard 19" rack.
-
- ∙ Compatible with the ISA and EISA standards.
-
- . Powerful interrupt capabilities.
-
- . Sophisticated memory architecture. Replicated shared-memory up to 2
- Mbytes in size exists in the host PC as extended memory and is accessed
- via the protected mode. Efficient network writes. Any two consecutive
- 16-bit writes from the host PC bus can be bundled together for increased
- network bandwidth.
-
- ∙ Efficient, trouble-free hardware installation and verification through
- executable hardware confidence test software and source code.
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- ∙ Optional library routines that install the interface, set interrupts,
- clear memory and activate the byte swapper.
-
- Price and Availability
-
- The Model P1600 is available now, at prices per node ranging from $6,900 to
- $9,800, depending on configuration.
-
- An established research and development firm headquartered in Dayton, Ohio,
- Systran Corp. specializes in simulation, artificial intelligence and
- defense-related hardware/software research and development. The company's
- SCRAMNet network is the leading real-time network, with hundreds of nodes
- in use at aerospace, corporate and U.S. military installations. For more
- information, contact Systran headquarters at 4126 Linden Ave., Dayton, OH
- 45432-3068. Telephone: 1-800-252-5601. Fax: (513) 258-2729.
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