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From: grenley@nsc.nsc.com (George Grenley)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.nsc.32k
Subject: Re: floating point accelerators
Keywords: nsc 32x32, fpa
Message-ID: <7421@nsc.nsc.com>
Date: 30 Oct 88 13:59:12 GMT
Article-I.D.: nsc.7421
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Reply-To: grenley@nsc.nsc.com.UUCP (George Grenley)
Organization: National Semiconductor, Sunnyvale
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The prodigal son returns to net-land....

In article <997@stratus.UUCP> gbs@stratus.UUCP (George B. Smith) writes:
>Say, George (that's George Grenley at NSC), are you saying that the
>32016 or the 32032 will work with the 32381?  My understanding was
>that only the 32332 will work with both the 081 and the 381.  That
>the 532 will only work with the 381 (or 580).  And that the "older"
>processors, 032 and 016, will only work with the 081.  And what
>about the 32CG16?

Didn't we teach you this stuff when you worked here, George?  8-)

But seriously, I had thought the 381 supported what we now call the "old"
slave protocol, and would work with older chips.  I might be wrong, though.
I'll double check.

What ABOUT the 32CG16?  Wanna buy some?  We want the job.

>The Opus cards, the SYS32/30 (or PM200) and the SYS32/20 (or PM100)
>both have fpus standard.  Both of them use the 081.

Thanks.

George

ps. i wear sweatshirts to work now.  Tradition lives!