From: newton@neworder.ils.nwu.edu (Dave Newton)
Message-Id: <9110231722.AA00815@neworder.ils.nwu.edu>
Subject: Re: Transputers...
To: glove-list@karazm.math.uh.edu
Date: Wed, 23 Oct 91 12:22:17 CDT
In-Reply-To: <9110231622.AA28492@alfred.math.utah.edu>; from "dirish@math.utah.edu" at Oct 23, 91 10:22 am
In a previous message, dirish@math.utah.edu said:
> (Just an aside, there really isn't an assembly language for the transputer.

   That strikes me as odd, since the $396 T400 board I mentioned comes with
C, Occam, and assembly.

> However, I haven't given up on the transputer.  If you have addresses
> for companies which are selling PC transputer cards I would love it if
> you sent them to me.

> The only question is whether 100Mbps interconnect is fast enough.

   Um, I would certainly hope so.  That two-page article about the VPL thing
was using straight ethernet for their interconnects.  If 100M isn't fast
enough, there's a serious software problem, I'd have to say.