Batboard

I know what a DIU 3000 is. But, what is an ASTRO DIU, or just DIU? I asume the 3000 suffix has some significant meaning. I noticed that my MRTI 2000 RSS has an option for ASTRO DIU, but NOT for a DIU 3000. However, it is the old version 1.01 RSS from 1995, so obviously I need updated CPS for the MRTI 2000.

Larry

The DIU originally was built as a desktop controller in a plastic housing that looks like a T5600. Since most of them don't wind up on desktops but are used as system components, Motorola came up with a shelf to rack mount the thing.

This looked - well - not exactly like premium infrastructure, so eventually Motorola repackaged the DIU into a module about the same size as a Quantar power supply. This product is called DIU3000. The guts are mostly the same as the plastic DIU and the RSS is the same for both.

They have a shelf that will let you put four of these in a 19" rack in about the same space as an AstroTac or Quantar. This looks much more professional.

So that should answer your question: "I asume the 3000 suffix has some significant meaning.." Or, as a crusty old friend of mine used to say "That's nothing but an old whore in a new blouse."

Hi, xmo!

Thanks again for the help with the DIU models.

I have an R3 price book sheet covering the DIU 3000 from 1-15-97, so it's a bit dated. However, under "Ordering Requirements," it says: " A U.S. State Department munitions license is required." This appears to be the case even if the customer does not order the DES-OFB cartrridge.

Do you know if this license is still required, and what's involved to get the license?

I recall that in the past these licenses were required for equipment as innocuous as the Systems90 VPA accessory on Micors and Syntors (particularly if one needed to Export VPA equipment). However, in the late 1990's, to my knowledge, some of these encryption licenses for DVP, DES, etc. were dropped? Perhaps there was a hi-tech module in the DIU 3000 that was a concern, especially in regards to Export? Even so, this ordering note appears to be applicable to all DIU 3000 orders (as of Jan 1997), even domestic, and even for Clear only operations.

What gives?

Larry