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From: tim@ism780c.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards,comp.os.misc
Subject: Re: Big Programs Hurt Performance
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Date: Thu, 24-Sep-87 20:58:57 EDT
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Posted: Thu Sep 24 20:58:57 1987
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In article <382@pcrat.UUCP> rick@pcrat.UUCP (Rick Richardson) writes:
< The half serious thoughts around here: port down the VAX's native C
< compiler to a <hot micro>.

I don't know if they still sell them, but Avalon once had boards
that you plugged into your VAX to do this sort of thing.

The board contained a NSC 32whatever.  When you issued a cc command,
the source file was sent to the board, which used the Greenhills C
compiler to cross compile for the VAX. 

I believe that they also had troff available for the boards.
-- 
Tim Smith, Knowledgian		{sdcrdcf,uunet}!ism780c!tim
				tim@ism780c.isc.com
"Oh I wish I were Matthew Wiener, That is who I truly want to be,
 'Cause if I were Matthew Wiener, Tim Maroney would send flames to me"