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From: guineau@wjg.enet.dec.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: Parallel?
Keywords: C Compilers (Well any compilers realy!)
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Date: 13 Jul 90 11:42:26 GMT
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> If an amiga 3000 say, had an '040 card in the cpu slot (from replies
to my last
> letter I now know what this really entails) the '030 becomes dormant, RIGHT?
>
>
> Is it possible to have boths cpus working at once (the old divide and conquer
>  technique!) via a parallel compiler?  Is this posible under the
current OS or
> would a new OS need to be developed.

I believe the answer is that it requires hardware support from the 040
card. The Zorro III
(A3000) bus supports the necessary signals, there is no O/S support (yet?!?)

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W. John Guineau   			guineau@wjg.enet.dec.com
Digital Equipment Corporation
Marlboro MA. 01752