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Subject: MINIX-implementation for transputer ?
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Date: 3 Oct 88 21:54:56 GMT
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I am planning to port MINIX to a INMOS-B004-compatible board with
a T800 Transputer.

If there anybody who has done (or is doing or intends to do)
any effort in this field ?
I would like to discuss any point of view which could put this
project on the road.

The transputer-chips have most of the kernel-mechanisms of minix,
as mpx88 (equivalent) and message passing, implemented in hardware .
Since the IMS-B004-board runs in a PC, the hardware-driver parts
could be located in the PC. So the realisation of I/O-drivers amounts
to nothing more than writing a transputer-server for the PC.

The first obstacle with the whole thing is a cheap (or better public-
domain) C-Compiler .

Is there a GNU-C (or any other public domain) implementation for the
INMOS T414 or T800 ?

Is it possible to start with the MINIX-C Compiler Source (not the
complete ACK) ?

I would be appreciative of any help or hints !


Martin Zaun
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