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From: trb@stag.UUCP ( Todd Burkey )
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Atari/Perihelion Transputer Machine Spec
Message-ID: <254@stag.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 12-Nov-87 10:43:58 EST
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Posted: Thu Nov 12 10:43:58 1987
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Reply-To: trb@stag.UUCP ( Todd Burkey )
Organization: Mindtools ST Access Group, Plymouth, MN
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Keywords: Atari Transputer Perihelion Helios

If I hadn't seen the exact same CD-ROM being displayed in several
non-Atari booths (i.e. for the IBM PC) I would be skeptical about
whether it would ever make it out either. My only concern is that
it sells for $999 on the PC. It really was the same unit, too. Only
the case color was different. As for the Transputer, I was really
impressed with the progress they (Perihelion) had made. We have some
Transputer's at work (boards for the AT) that are pretty loosely
integrated (kind of like an exerciser kit), and the ABAQ definitely
had progressed far beyond that. I ALMOST ordered the $100 set of
preliminary manuals to become a developer (I can think of lots of
CAD tools that would be nice to port...Place and Route Previewers,
GDSII compatible layout editors, etc...but I couldn't get any good
feel for what the final costs would be to get a full set of developer
hardware.) If any of people actually do order the kit, let us on the
net know how it looks.

  -Todd Burkey
  trb@stag.UUCP             <--faster path
  or tburkey@eta.swde.com   <--shaky sun<->apollo (I want Aegis 10!)

P.S. I just got through porting HDSCAN to my Symmetrics, the Apollo,
     and the Sun. It runs very nicely on any standard 4.2 system (kind
     of slow on the Apollo...usable on a 3000). After I clean up a few
     things and add some more sort options (gid/uid/other times?) I
     will have to decide if I am going to make it public domain at the
     source level or what...BTW, it takes a lot longer to traverse
     trees using Unix opendir/readdir/stat calls than it does on the
     ST ( 3 secs/30 megs on the ST vs 40 secs/24 megs on the SUN 3/60
     with Eagle drives...>2 minutes for the same on the Apollo).