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From: banko@lisboa.tmc.edu (Brad Banko)
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Subject: Re: Transputers with IRIS host ?
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In article <4839.27512672@cc.curtin.edu.au> Kessells_SR@cc.curtin.edu.au writes:
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>Does anybody known if there is hardware to allow a Personal IRIS to
>act as a host for a Transputer network (racks/boards etc) ? 
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>If so, what kind of compilers/tools are available ? or can a PC compile a
>3L Parallel C program and then shuffle up the executable (as the afserver
>protocol should be the same) ?
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>Any comments are appreciated, thanks !
>
>		Michael
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We are now using a PI as a host using an INMOS(SGS/Thomson)
board and TDS3.  Two aspects of TDS have to be modified for
the Iris, a device driver for the board, and the iserver
software for communicating with the board.  SGS/Thomson has
helped us get up and running with this, but they don't 
officially support the Iris as a host at this time.

Contact Laurie Pegrum at pegruml@isnet.inmos.com to express
your interest in SGS/Thomson's further development of the
Iris as a network host.  (Laurie is Lawrence, a man.)

Brad Banko

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