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From: andy@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu (Andy Pfiffer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Atari Transputers ?
Message-ID: <2391@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu>
Date: Fri, 18-Sep-87 17:10:18 EDT
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Posted: Fri Sep 18 17:10:18 1987
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Reply-To: andy@tcgould.tn.cornell.edu (Andy Pfiffer)
Organization: Cornell Theory Center, Cornell University, Ithaca NY
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As an "informed source", I can quietly comment that a certain un-named
manufacturer :^) has indeed shown interest in our Transputer simulator
distributed by Penguin software.  They were apparently  going to use
it for in-house development...

KEITH@SYSD.SALFORD.AC.UK writes:
>Processor:
>      Almost certainly the T800 (20 mhz), very impressive even when used
>      as a single processor system. It is a 32 bit processor and includes
>      an on-chip floating point unit.
>
>      One article I have seen quotes the performance of the slower T414
>      processor (20 mhz) as 10 MIPS !

T800's (when executing solely from on-chip RAM) nominally achieve 1.2 MFLOPS
and cruise easily at 7.5 to 12.5 MIPS.

T414-20 (20 mhz) can achieve nearly the same MIP rating with 3 processor
cycle RAM.  Our T-Series has 18 T414-15 with 7 cycle RAM so we run
significantly slower.

We are doing OS development with Transputers as well -- specifically the
FPS T-Series.  We are definite non-occam group.  Our distributed operating
system has a similar feel to Unix, runs on every 4.[23] machine we've gotten
our hands on, and easily on most Transputer boards with 98% of the source
completely portable.

All are welcome to join our Transputer mailing list if your site doesn't
receive comp.sys.transputer...

	Andy Pfiffer
	"...that's the way a Transputer works, right?"

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Andy Pfiffer					andy@tcgould.tn.cornell.edu
Cornell Theory Center / Cornell U.		cornell!batcomputer!andy
Home of the first usable T-Series		(607) 255-8686
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