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From: johns@calvin.EE.CORNELL.EDU (John Sahr)
Newsgroups: gnu.emacs,gnu.gcc
Subject: Re: gcc, emacs for MIPS cpu (esp. DEC pmax workstation)
Keywords: GNU Emacs GCC   MIPS PMAX
Message-ID: <918@calvin.EE.CORNELL.EDU>
Date: 23 Jan 89 14:49:36 GMT
Organization: Cornell Space Plasma Physics, Ithaca, NY
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I have received several responses to my query about GNU software for the
new DEC workstation.  

Emacs:  At least one respondent claims to have 18.51 running.  In fact,
Emacs 18.5x (18.51 perhaps) is distributed as unsupported software.

gcc: None of the respondents claimed to have gcc running.  Part of the
appeal of the PMAX seems to be that DEC used "MIPS' compiler technology."
(I don't know enough to expound upon compilers).

One person claimed that
>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.

I apologize for the "thanks for the reply" posting, which was intended to
be email.  The mail bounced, and somehow got posted, but not by me, so I
couldn't cancel it.

John
-- 
John Sahr,                          School of Elect. Eng.,  Upson Hall   
                                    Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853

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