From:	KEKUX::"moorhead@liszt.ph.unimelb.EDU.AU" "Gareth F. Moorhead" 15-NOV-1995 13:59:55.76
To:	unno@kekvax.kek.jp (Y. Nobu Unno, unno@kekvax.kek.jp)
CC:	moorhead@rchep.ph.unimelb.edu.au (Gareth Moorhead)
Subj:	Re: Have you been back?

In the case where the DAQ hardware comes from CERN:
 
  * the SUN workstation should not be necessary since it communicates
      with the RAID via ethernet (NFS essentially)
        ... the main requirement is a workstation with ethernet, the TCP/IP
        applications, and the CERN library.  I'm sure your DECstation has
        all this.
 
  * to install and boot the RAID, we need a simple serial text terminal
        ... I'm sure you'd have one of these about
 
  * the VME crate:  after the workstation, this is the most unweildy item.
    I'm not 100% sure, but I suspect our VME configuration does not use
    the VSB backplane extensions, so it may be that any 6U VME crate
    with all voltages will be OK.
 
  * do you have an 8200 or 8500 external SCSI Exabyte tape drive ?
 
Apart from the VME crate which may not need to be shipped, I think we need
 
  * the RAID
  * the CORBO   (interrupts in, busy out)
  * the VMDIS 8004   (bus arbitration and display)
  * the TDC
 
  * the RAID's external hard disk
  * the RAID's special SCSI, Ethernet and RS232 cables
 
These last items can be shipped cheaply and easily.
 
Regards,  Gareth.