Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!ucsd!mvb.saic.com!ncr-sd!ncrcae!hubcap!fpst From: !carroll@ssc-vax (Jeff Carroll) Newsgroups: comp.parallel Subject: Re: ipsc/860 hypercube Message-ID: <1991Apr1.132754.22003@hubcap.clemson.edu> Date: 29 Mar 91 21:19:46 GMT References: <1991Mar28.150825.15596@hubcap.clemson.edu> Sender: !news@ssc-vax Reply-To: ssc-vax!carroll@cs.washington.edu (Jeff Carroll) Organization: Boeing Aerospace & Electronics Lines: 36 Approved: parallel@hubcap.clemson.edu Return-Path: In article <1991Mar28.150825.15596@hubcap.clemson.edu> wangjw@cs.purdue.edu () writes: > We are using the i860 hypercube machine now. But there is problem with >the remote host software. So we have to port our code from our Sun to >the 386 host of the machine. It is said that the remote host mode does >not work for this release of the software. Don't hold your breath :^) I wouldn't expect this to ever work. If you want to talk about this in detail either email me, or get on the iPSC users' mailing list (which is operated, if I remember correctly, from theory.tn.cornell.edu). > We are unsatisfied with the slow speed of the 386 host and very modest >software support on it. We really need to use our own Sun as host. Does >anyone have more information or help about this? The cheap solution is to get a fast 386 pc and run the compilers locally. Intel will support you in this, and will sell you the compilers (at least they would last time I checked). They may sell you compilers for Sun too. Neither the Intel nor the Sun front ends are in Intel's long term product strategy, and I'd recommend developing as much self-sufficiency as you can. One of the guys at our site is experimenting with a Hauppauge 4860 board as a development host. If you're interested I'll give him a call and find out if he's making any progress. -- Jeff Carroll carroll@ssc-vax.boeing.com -- =========================== MODERATOR ============================== Steve Stevenson {steve,fpst}@hubcap.clemson.edu Department of Computer Science, comp.parallel Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634-1906 (803)656-5880.mabell