Re: Is is possible to receive a cheep SubVendorID?

[Duane Clark <dclark@akamail.com>]

Dimiter Popoff wrote:
> 
> Richard,
> 
> thanks for the confirmation.
> 
> >Vendor ID of 0xfa3c is not currently assigned to any company.
> >(Source: Vendor ID search at //www.pcisig.com on 10/26/2000).
> 
> So my wild guess worked. 0xFA3C (or $FA3C for people brought
> up with a Motorola background) will do the job for a free vendor
> ID anyone may use - and get a registered, free subvendor ID.
> 
> >(Did you mean that the DEC 64060 had a device ID of 0xfa3c?)
> 
> No, I just made up a hex number which I thought (within a second or two)
> was unlikely to be reserved; it converted to decimal 64060, which
> I found out after I used my calculator :-).
> 
> Dimiter

I also like this idea. I will be needing such a number early next year,
and would very much like to see such a system established. I am another
one person company that is not interested in the annoying "official"
process. I can just imagine the hassle required to get a SDID out of
Xilinx, especially if I am not using their core. I would vote to stick
with 0xFA3C for the VID; after all, Dimiter is the one offering to
supply the service:-)

Thanks,
Duane
Leeward Engineering