Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!lavaca.uh.edu!karazm.math.uh.edu!jet From: jet@karazm.math.uh.edu (J. Eric Townsend) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware Subject: Transputer boards (was Re: Coprocessor for amiga ????? Message-ID: <1990Sep24.214752.892@lavaca.uh.edu> Date: 24 Sep 90 21:47:52 GMT References: <537@macuni.mqcc.mq.oz> <22154@grebyn.com> Sender: nntppost@lavaca.uh.edu (NNTP Posting Service) Organization: University of Houston -- Department of Mathematics Lines: 20 In article cimshop!davidm@uunet.UU.NET (David S. Masterson) writes: >Perhaps, but weren't the T800s additive in nature. I thought I heard of a 4 >(or was it 8) processor Amiga system that was supposedly capable of 120 MIPS. First off, transputer boards are still available. They are used by other companies in a variety of applications, including the latest buzzword, "virtual reality". I'm in the process of writing a parallel ray-tracer. I hope to port it to the transputer board once it gets up to snuff. (And provided some kind transputer board manu gives me a developer's discount so I can afford it. :-) -- J. Eric Townsend -- University of Houston Dept. of Mathematics (713) 749-2120 Internet: jet@uh.edu Bitnet: jet@UHOU Skate UNIX(r)