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From: root@sbcs.sunysb.edu (root)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Whay has commodore droped the transputer
Summary: Transputer dropped - good!
Message-ID: <1544@sbcs.sunysb.edu>
Date: 27 Aug 88 00:54:47 GMT
References: <989@dsacg3.UUCP>
Organization: State University of New York at Stony Brook
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In article <989@dsacg3.UUCP>, ntm1477@dsacg3.UUCP (Jared McNeal) writes:
> 1.  Why did commodore drop the transputer ?

	If this is the case, it must have been done by some clear thinking
	individuals in the engineering department.  One wonders what
	the transputer might have become if fielded five years ago.  Today
	(with 20 MIP RISC processors) it just isn't worth a second glance.

> 2.  What types of O/S can run with the transputer ?
> 3.  Where can i find some info on this subject ?
> 4.  What is the difference between a parallel processor and the transputer.
> 
> 	       Thank you
> 	       Jared A McNeal

					Rick Spanbauer
					SUNY/Stony Brook