896.2 contains three profiles for target markets, a for general purpose systems, b for an i/o bus, and f for a futurebus+ will all the options that will make it go fast. profile a was sponsored by the vmebus community. profile b was sponsored by digital equipment corporation and implemented in vax and alpha systems as an i/o bus. profile f was sponsored by john theus while he worked at tektronix and was intended for high end workstations.