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From: cdl@mplvax.EDU (Carl Lowenstein)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec
Subject: Re: DECStation 3100
Message-ID: <856@mplvax.EDU>
Date: 14 Apr 89 00:46:53 GMT
References: <8107@boulder.Colorado.EDU>
Reply-To: cdl@mplvax.ucsd.edu.UUCP (Carl Lowenstein)
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Organization: U.C. San Diego, Marine Physical Laboratory
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In article <8107@boulder.Colorado.EDU> bobk@boulder.Colorado.EDU (Bob Kinne) writes:
>Bob Kinne	 	Optoelectronics Computing Center    
>UCB, Campus Box 525	VOICE		(303) 492-3330
>Boulder, CO 80309	INTERNET	bobk@boulder.Colorado.EDU
>We will be installing a DECstation 3100 in about 2 weeks.  
>Since the byte ordering is different between the VAX and the
>MIPS machine, are there any problems or tricks involved in setting
>up the DECstation as a Remote Installation client of the VAXserver?

No -- the byte ordering is a 'board-construction time' option with the
MIPS chip set.  MIPS themselves chose to be big-endian, while DEC using
the same chips chose to be little-endian, to match VAXen, PDP11's,
80x86's etc. etc.


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	carl lowenstein		marine physical lab	u.c. san diego
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