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From: Rick.Rashid@cs.cmu.edu
Newsgroups: comp.parallel
Subject: Re: Mach experiences on butterfly
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Date: 16 May 89 14:32:27 GMT
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I unfortunately cannot comment on the Butterfly version of Mach since we
do not have access to a Butterfly here in the Mach group at CMU.  I can
comment about Mach on a variety of architectures (both uniprocessor and MP)
which we do use here at CMU:

Mach currently runs in production on over 500 machines at CMU including
Vax, Sun-3, IBM RT, NeXT and Encore Multimax (16-CPU) systems.  Vax
multiprocessors we use include 6200 (8-CPU), 8200 (4-CPU) and 8800 (2-CPU)
systems.  All of these systems are available to general users, maintained
by our Facilities staff and stable.  In addition, Mach is running at CMU
on 386 AT-bus systems, Macintosh II, DecStation 3100 (aka PMAX), MIPS and
Sun-4 machines.  Outside of CMU Mach has been ported to the IBM 370 family,
the Intel i860 (aka N10) and a host of other systems.  Mt Xinu, in Berkeley,
has announced that it will begin to distribute Mach commercially on a
number of platforms.

CMU currently distributes Mach for VAX, SUN-3 and IBM RT architectures.
Information and licensing forms can be obtained by sending mail to
mach@cs.cmu.edu or by phoning the Mach project at (412)268-7665.  CMU
does not charge a licensing fee, royalty, or distribution free for Mach
tapes.  If you are interested in other versions or commercial support
you should contact the companies involved (e.g. Encore, NeXT, Mt Xinu,
BBN, etc.).  If you use machine types for which Mach is not offered by
the manufacturer, just lobby your local sales force :-).