mckenney@talos.pm.com (Frank McKenney) (04/27/91)
Caveat: I have no connection, financial or otherwise, with
the following product, and, in fact, have no immediate use
for it (but wish I did). I was, however, fascinated by the
product and price (especially considering the included
software), and thought others might be as well.
Can anyone give me even a rough idea of how a single T400 at
20 MHz compares to my current (ack! phht!) 10 MHz 80286?
Frank McKenney
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From the "What's New" section of the May 1991 issue of BYTE
magazine:
"Learn Multiprocessing from a Kit"
"The Transputer Education Kit includes a ready-to-use PC
add-on board with a 20 MHz 32-bit transputer, a T400 C
cross-compiler, a T400 Occam compiler, an assembler, and
documentation. The kit is geared toward users who know how
to program serial machines and want to learn multiprocessing
and parallel computing.
The kit is available with factory-installed options, such as
up to 4 Mb of local DRAM and a T425 or floating point T800
transputer. You can link kits within a single PC or between
PCs and expansion chassis.
Price: Introductory price, $236; 1 Mb of DRAM, $110; add-on
processor boards, $150.
Contact: Computer System Architects, 950 North University
Avenue, Provo, Utah 84604, (800) 753-4272 or (801) 374-2300;
fax (801) 374-2306.
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