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From: gregs@well.sf.ca.us (Greg Strockbine)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mips,comp.sys.dec
Subject: risc development environment
Message-ID: <25406@well.sf.ca.us>
Date: 12 Jun 91 19:49:38 GMT
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We are just gearing up to do development using an IDT risc chip.  Our
target is a laser controller board.  We just bought a DEC 5500 machine
but we there seems to be some pieces missing, the list file does not
supply addresses, there is no utility to convert to S record format.
IDT thinks we should buy a mips workstation, they say all the tools are
there, they also say almost no one is developing for a risc target
system using a DEC risc machine.  Did we buy the right machine?

Also the DEC machine is little endian but everyone recommends our target
system be big endian.  Why?

Can anyone shed some light on this for me?
	greg strockbine, dataproducts, woodland hills, ca.