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Related Documentation
The following documents contain information that you may find helpful as
you read this manual:
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ANSI/IEEE Standard 1014-1987, IEEE Standard for a Versatile
Backplane Bus: VMEbus
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ANSI/IEEE Standard 1155-1993, IEEE VMEbus Extensions for
Instrumentation: VXIbus
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ANSI/VITA 1-1994, VME64
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Multisystem Extension Interface Bus Specification, Version 2.0,
National Instruments Corporation
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PCI Local Bus Specification, Revision 2.0, PCI Special Interest Group
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VXI-MXI-2 User Manual, National Instruments Corporation
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VME-MXI-2 User Manual, National Instruments Corporation
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VXI-6, VXIbus Mainframe Extender Specification, Rev. 2.0, VXIbus
Consortium