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From: bobeson@saturn.ucsc.edu (Robert Ellefson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.intel
Subject: Re: Status of Bid Endian Support in i860?
Summary: Star860 does not support big endian, others systems may not either.
Keywords: i860 Big Endian
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Date: 17 Sep 90 22:53:28 GMT
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In article <1484@vitec.UUCP> nathan@vitec.vitec.us.com (Nathan Banks) writes:
>We seem to encounter problems when trying to run in Big Endian mode on
>the i860. Even though Intel is a little endian company, I feel that it
>is a little too early to be jumping to conclusions at this time, but...
>Is anyone else out there having any success with the i860 in 
>big endian mode?
>
>Thanks,
>Nathan  Banks

We had purchased a star860 development system from intel,
in order to make an IBM 370 to i860 instruction translator (ahem).

The system was not able to enter Big Endian mode, although the chip
was supposed to work Big Endian.  This was a design decision by
the star860 developers.   Your system may suffer a similar fate.

-Bob Ellefson
bobeson@spica.ucsc.edu