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Transcript of Al Morgan July 25, 20011 Strobe Data Providing Solutions to Industry for 31 Years.
Al Morgan July 25, 2001 1
Strobe Data Providing Solutions Strobe Data Providing Solutions to Industry for 31 Yearsto Industry for 31 Years
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Strobe Data - Background Strobe Data - Background
Founded in 1972
Initially Data General OEM
Provided real-time systems for industry and government
Develop, manufacture and sell PC based compatible minicomputer systems
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”“Seamless Migration!! “Run your minicomputer applications
today on your PC platform”
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Hawk - Migrates Data General Nova and Eclipse Hardware and Operating system to Wintel platform .
Osprey - Migrates DEC PDP-11 Hardware, Operating system and Application software to Wintel platform .
Kestrel - Migrates HP1000 hardware, RTE, and Application software to Wintel platform.
With no changes in the original software!!!
Emulation Experience - 27 years
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DG Nova/Eclipse to Hawk Co-Processor
Hawk
1987
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PDP-11 to Osprey Co-Processor
Osprey
PDP-11/83
PDP-11/20
PDP-11/93
PDP-11/05 PDP-11/44PDP-11/24
1970
1995
1972
1988
1979
1981
1990
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HP1000 to Kestrel Co-Processor
KESTREL
2116A2115A2114A
A-SERIESA600,A700A900A400A990
2100
21MX - M21MX - E21MX - F
L -SERIES
196619671968
2001
1971
197419761978
1980 1982198319861990
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Seamless MigrationSeamless MigrationWindows 2000Co-Processor
Emulator
Custom Legacy
Hardware
RTEFortran
AssemblyCobol
Application
Legacy Hardware
RTEFortran
AssemblyCobol
Application
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Co-Processor Enclosures Co-Processor Enclosures
Applications EnvironmentsCommercial Adverse Industrial
Tower PC, server class
Mil-Rugged Chassis
Rack Mountable Chassis
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CommercialTower PC Host Example
HP’s Vectra
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Adverse Mil-Rugged Kestrel/PC
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Industrial Rack Mountable PC Chassis
•FCC and CE certifiable chassis•450 Watt universal PS
•Fan cooled
•Unibus backplane for4 or 9 hex-height
custom cards
•267 or 356 mm H 483 mm W 560 mm D
•20 kg
•HP1000 backplane , 10 - slots
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Industrial Rack Mountable PC Chassis
Kestrel card plugs into PCmotherboard
Strobe’s LegacyHardware Chassis
PC motherboard
Power supply
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Rack Mount Hawk Chassis DG 4 - Slots
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Rack MountOsprey Chassis 4 -UniBus slots
Rack MountOsprey Chassis 4 -UniBus slots
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Rack Mount Osprey Chassis 9 -UniBus slots
Rack Mount Osprey Chassis 9 -UniBus slots
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Rack Mount Kestrel Chassis 10-Slot
Rack Mount Kestrel Chassis 10-Slot
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Rack Mount Kestrel Chassis 10-Slot
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Rack Mountable Custom OEM Chassis 5.25” Qbus, PC
Rack Mountable Custom OEM Chassis 5.25” Qbus, PC
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Strobe Hardware Co-Processor Strobe Hardware Co-Processor
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Co-Processor ArchitectureCo-Processor Architecture
3232 MB/SMB/S
132MB/S Read Write132MB/S Read Write
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Benefits of the Co-Processor Move to a high reliability, low maintenance cost system
platform
Investment protection– Keep existing peripherals– Retain the existing code and licenses– Preserve special or custom I/O devices using legacy bus adapter
Access to new, cost-effective technology– Replace low-density, high-cost legacy mass storage peripherals
with modern commodity devices– Migration of multiple legacy family systems to a single PC– Code development can continue like on the real legacy system, Or
data from the legacy application can be piped into new applications on the PC without disturbing the legacy code.
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Co-Processor Legacy System Highlights Code and Binary compatible with legacy software and
application code.
Emulates a wide class of legacy peripherals.
Full architectural emulation supports all legacy software.
Legacy Interface Controller available for custom I/O needs
99% of the time plug and play!!
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Summary Summary
Ride PC improvements into the future!Ride PC improvements into the future!
Trivial transition from legacy system to Co-Processor
Increased reliability using PC devices
Preserves existing legacy software investment
Improved performance
Reduced floorspace and electrical power