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From: pbickers@tamaluit.phys.uidaho.edu (Paul Bickerstaff)
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Subject: CERN program library
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Date: 4 Feb 91 22:06:08 GMT
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Before I get too far into attempting to port this to my Magnum3000 
is there by any chance anybody out there who has done or
attempted this port.

The CERN library contains maths libraries, graphics, an interesting
package called PAW (Physics Activities Workstation) as well as some
programs specific to high energy physics. (25 MB of "patchy" source.)

CERN currently support 
  Apollo 3000         APO    SR 10.2 (-cpu m68k)    
  Apollo 10000        A10    SR 10.2 (-cpu a88k)    
  DECstation 5000     DEC    Ultrix v4.0            
  IBM RISC 6000-530   IRS    AIX v3.1               
  Sil.Graphics Iris   SGI    IRIX Sys V Rel 3.3.1   
  Sun SPARCstation 1  SUN    OS v4.0.3c             
but not Mips. (This by the way is influencing some workstation
purchase decisions. Anybody at Mips listening?)

If you're interested please e-mail. It could influence whether I do this
now or later.

Also, are there any useful guidelines as to when it might be better to
start from SGI or DEC source?

Paul Bickerstaff                 Internet: pbickers@tamaluit.phys.uidaho.edu
Physics Dept., Univ. of Idaho    Phone:    (208) 885 6809
Moscow ID 83843, USA             FAX:      (208) 885 6173