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From: treese@athena.mit.edu (Win Treese)
Newsgroups: gnu.gcc,gnu.emacs
Subject: Re: gcc, emacs for MIPS cpu (esp. DEC pmax workstation)
Keywords: gcc  emacs  MIPS  PMAX
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Date: 21 Jan 89 04:50:01 GMT
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In article <904@calvin.EE.CORNELL.EDU> johns@calvin.EE.CORNELL.EDU (John Sahr) writes:
>We are considering purchase of the PMAX workstation, which 
>runs ULTRIX exclusively.  

It's a nice machine.

>Has anyone gotten gcc, emacs and other GNU software running
>on the PMAX in particular, or other MIPS cpu machines in 
>general?  We are also interested in other GNU software,
>but emacs is pre eminent.

The Ultrix "unsupported software" distribution contains GNUemacs 18.5x
(sorry, I don't remember the exact minor version number).  It's built
to run with DECwindows (X11).

As for the compiler, I haven't heard about a port of gcc yet (though I'm
sure there will be one).  The C compiler shipped with the machine is
very good, however (it was done by MIPS).

As for other GNU software, most of what's available now should build and
run fairly cleanly.  Porting to the DECstation 3100 from VAX/Ultrix is
very straightforward.

Win Treese					Cambridge Research Lab
treese@crl.dec.com				Digital Equipment Corporation