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ACCESS.bus: The Forgotten USB Competitor

6 pointsby unixfg3 months ago

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johndoe08153 months ago
The article mentions the MIPS&#x2F;Ultrix-based DECstation 5000 series as systems that provide an ACCESS.bus interface. However, only systems from the Personal DECstation 5000 range (R3000-based models 5000&#x2F;20,25,33 and the R4000-based 5000&#x2F;50, codename &quot;Maxine&quot;) provided an ACCESS.bus interface and the related peripherals (LK501 keyboard and VSXXX-BB mouse). I wrote the first Linux drivers for these in the 1990s and still have a number of Personal DECstations sitting in my basement...<p>If you want to experiment with ACCESS.bus, there&#x27;s an app note from Philips (AN445, <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.elenota.pl&#x2F;datasheet-pdf&#x2F;150926&#x2F;Philips&#x2F;APPLICATION-NOTE" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.elenota.pl&#x2F;datasheet-pdf&#x2F;150926&#x2F;Philips&#x2F;APPLICAT...</a>) and example code for an 8051-based ACCESS.bus mouse (<a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.microshadow.com&#x2F;files&#x2F;files8051&#x2F;abmouse.zip" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.microshadow.com&#x2F;files&#x2F;files8051&#x2F;abmouse.zip</a>).<p>The official ACCESS.bus specification can be found at <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;archive.org&#x2F;download&#x2F;DECAlphaDocs" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;archive.org&#x2F;download&#x2F;DECAlphaDocs</a> (file names A.bus_spec_sec_[0-5]_v2_0.ps)