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Appendix C, Customer Communication, contains forms you can use to request help from
National Instruments or to comment on our products and manuals.
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The Glossary contains an alphabetical list and description of terms used in this manual,
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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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IEEE Standard for a Versatile Backplane Bus: VMEbus, ANSI/IEEE Standard 1014-1987
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NI-VXI Software Reference Manual for C (for VXI systems, part number 320307-01)
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VME-MXI User Manual (part number 320330-01)
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VXI-1, VXIbus System Specification, Rev. 1.4, VXIbus Consortium (available from National
Instruments Corporation, part number 350083-01)
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VXI-6, VXIbus Mainframe Extender Specification, Rev. 1.0, VXIbus Consortium (available
from National Instruments Corporation, part number 340258-01)
VME-SB2020/NI-VXI/Solaris Getting Started
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