bronson@bedroom.UUCP (Mark Bronson) (08/08/89)
I gather Harris has a machine ( actually a family of machines) based on multiple 60830s. Has anyone had any experience or know more about the architecture of the beast? Thanks - m
seeger@helios.iec.ufl.edu (F. L. Charles Seeger III) (08/14/89)
In article <156@bedroom.UUCP> bronson@bedroom.UUCP (Mark Bronson) writes: |I gather Harris has a machine ( actually a family of machines) based on |multiple 60830s. Has anyone had any experience or know more about the |architecture of the beast? My understanding is that the Nighthawk will be a follow on to their Tahoe offering, doubling the cpu speed and allowing at least a 2 processor version. I believe that they have OEMed Masscomp 68k workstations in the past, but have no knowledge of an '030 multiprocessor in the works. Wouldn't be suprised to see one, though. Regards, Chuck (an HCX-9 admin) -- Charles Seeger 216 Larsen Hall +1 904 392 8935 Electrical Engineering University of Florida "Bye, Opus. seeger@iec.ufl.edu Gainesville, FL 32611 It's been fun."
bobw@wdl1.UUCP (Robert Lee Wilson Jr) (08/15/89)
As one who has some prior Harris connections but none now, here are my versions of the relations between the various recent (i.e. post 6024) Harris machines: There were some MassComp derived boxes, whose labels I've forgotten, but the Tahoe was derived from a CCI machine. As it evolved it became more of a Harris product, with redesigned hardware built by HCSD. An ECL version of the Tahoe was announced but never seen. The Nighthawk is the current product line. It is 68030 based, available with 1 to 8 processors. It is nominally compatible with the Tahoes at an OS level, in the sense that recompiling your source code will make it run on the new system, but the processor is totally different. The Nighthawk is selling now, and from what I hear is selling pretty well. It seems to me to be aimed pretty clearly at the simulation market which has always been Harris' strongest, with fast interrupt response, etc., and has had some significant sales in that area: I don't know how it may be doing in other markets. Regards, Bob Wilson Ford Aerospace (bobw@wdl1.fac.ford.com) Disclaimer: It is perhaps more important than usual to emphasize that Ford Aerospace has nothing to do with the above opinions!