ins_anmy@jhunix (Norman Yarvin) (05/18/89)
I am working on a project which involves the design of a secure computer. At this point, I want to get a detailed description of the internals of some workstation-class machine, in order to evaluate how a real-world design would be affected by the changes I have in mind. What sort of documentation is available for such computers? I know that extensive documentation is available for computers such as the PC and the Mac, but I would like to analyze something more complete. I only am interested in microprocessor-based computers; Vaxes are out. Thanks for any help, Norman Yarvin yarvin@cs.jhu.edu, or (seismo!umcp-cs | allegra!hopkins) !jhunix!ins_anmy
henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer) (05/19/89)
In article <1809@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU> ins_anmy@jhunix (Norman Yarvin) writes: >At this point, I want to get a detailed description of the internals of some >workstation-class machine, in order to evaluate how a real-world design >would be affected by the changes I have in mind. > >What sort of documentation is available for such computers? ... All too often the answer to such a query is either "ha ha ha ha" or "we are *not* giving away our crown jewels!". Never mind that any competent engineering team could reverse-engineer the thing in a month, and the only people who are being inconvenienced are the honest customers; that info is Top Secret. "Our software runs real fine, so don't bother your little head about what's inside." It is reported that Mips, in particular, is a bit more rational about such things. I have not verified that personally. -- Subversion, n: a superset | Henry Spencer at U of Toronto Zoology of a subset. --J.J. Horning | uunet!attcan!utzoo!henry henry@zoo.toronto.edu