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From: rfg@nsc.nsc.com (Ron Guilmette)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.nsc.32k
Subject: Re: Where is everyone???
Message-ID: <7208@nsc.nsc.com>
Date: 21 Oct 88 17:55:53 GMT
References: <2582@sultra.UUCP> <447@unocss.UUCP>
Reply-To: rfg@nsc.nsc.com.UUCP (Ron Guilmette)
Organization: National Semiconductor, Sunnyvale
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In article <447@unocss.UUCP> mlewis@unocss.UUCP (Marcus S. Lewis) writes:
>
>There exists a group of individuals who are possibly somewhat less than
>overjoyed at the dominance of both the Intel and Motorola processors...

Yes.  They are often called National Semiconductor employees.

>... we have decided to write an OS from scratch ...

I wonder if it has occured to you that you might be able to make some money
doing that.

>We all (not sure how many there are)
>either have or or are trying to get "working" NSC processors.  We could 
>probably use some high-powered help.

I'm rather low-powered, but please describe your specific needs anyway.

>Our fearless leader will soon have
>a copy of GCC 1.28 (as soon as I mail it to him), and we have at least two
>other C compilers and at least two cross-assemblers. 

Be advised that (a) GCC 1.29 & 1.30 have a rather insidious bug which affects
the 32000 code generation which I am now tracking down, and (b) note that GCC
will not work straight out of the box if you want to host and/or target it
on/for a Genix system.  I will gladly send you patches to 1.30 if you just
E-mail me and ask for them.

I am also working on alpha testing of an unreleased version of GAS for the
32000.  It generates A.OUT format binaries (not COFF).  It doesn't quite
work on the Sequent-Balance yet, but I think that it is pretty close.

>REAL (Real CPU, Real memory, Real program) is to be a
>multitasking system, hopefully suitable for embedded systems...

I like it already.

>	I could use some encouragement fairly soon, as I intend to graduate
>in December and will probably lose my accounts on this system.  Unless of 
>course I decide to go for PhD. (shudder!) 

Why shudder?  If it feels good, do it.

Ron Guilmette
National SemiConductor, 1135 Kern Ave. M/S 7C-266; Sunnyvale, CA 94086
Internet: rfg@nsc.nsc.com   or   amdahl!nsc!rfg@ames.arc.nasa.gov
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Ron Guilmette
National SemiConductor, 1135 Kern Ave. M/S 7C-266; Sunnyvale, CA 94086
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