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From: apratt@atari.UUCP (Allan Pratt)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: 16 Mhz, transputer, and 68881
Message-ID: <1551@atari.UUCP>
Date: 12 Jun 89 18:58:49 GMT
References: <19329@cup.portal.com>
Reply-To: apratt@atari.UUCP (Allan Pratt)
Organization: Atari (US) Corporation, Sunnyvale, California
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In article <19329@cup.portal.com> Waddell@cup.portal.com (Harry 
Wallace Waddell) writes:
> #3 Does the [mythical] "transputer box" that hooks to the ST through
> the DMA port exist and if so can I get it in the United States.
> (or should I use this as an excuse for a European vacation)
> What sort of speed does it have and what tools come with it.

The ATW (Atari Transputer Workstation) is not mythical.  I don't know
about availability in the US, however.  

I wouldn't say that it hooks to the ST through the DMA port -- I would
say the ST hooks to it.  The ATW *is* the box, and contains a Mega
inside to handle I/O so the T800 is free to scream away.  Even a single
Transputer is amazing at floating point operations, but the big
advantage is the ability to tie many of them together for a single task. 

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