Xref: utzoo comp.sys.mips:1726 comp.sys.dec:5996 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!think.com!spool.mu.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!ira.uka.de!fauern!NewsServ!k2 From: k2@bl.physik.tu-muenchen.de (Klaus Steinberger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mips,comp.sys.dec Subject: Re: risc development environment Message-ID: Date: 13 Jun 91 13:12:35 GMT Article-I.D.: charly.k2.676818755 References: <25406@well.sf.ca.us> Sender: news@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE Distribution: comp Organization: Technische Universitaet Muenchen, Germany Lines: 20 gregs@well.sf.ca.us (Greg Strockbine) writes: >Also the DEC machine is little endian but everyone recommends our target >system be big endian. Why? There is one pin on the MIPS chips, which switches from big to little endian. Nobody except DEC has switched its Box to little endian. For the MIPS workstation, i believe you need also the optional development software. (some utilities to build standalone targets, I don't now exactly the contents.) I don't know about availabiltiy for the DECstation. Klaus -- Klaus Steinberger Beschleunigerlabor der TU und LMU Muenchen Phone: (+49 89)3209 4287 Hochschulgelaende FAX: (+49 89)3209 4280 D-8046 Garching, Germany BITNET: K2@DGABLG5P Internet: k2@bl.physik.tu-muenchen.de