eho@clarity.princeton.edu (Eric Ho) (09/05/89)
Having seen Symbolics' recent ad about their co-processor board for the Suns I'm wondering if anyone at Symbolics is developing similiar stuff for the pizzabox (Sparcstation-1) ? It would be nice if Symbolics can find a way to use existing memory on the Suns rather than using their own tagged memory -- it all depends on how the Sun "sees" the co-processor board and how the board is used I guess. I mean, those who are opting for the co-processor boards might already have quite a bit of memory stuffed on their desktop and it is a bad idea I guess if that can't be used by the co-processor board. Without the 10 meg of RAM on the co-processor board I think that the price for the board (& the developement system) may drop quite a bit -- I mean, it is ridiculous to move (or buy) a 3 mips deskside 3/160 and buy a $21K co-processor board into your office when you already got a less than $9K 8~16meg 13 mips pizzabox with on your desk -- it just doesn't make sense (especially when the board is more expensive than a deskside unit let alone the pizzabox). Eric Ho Cognitive Science Lab., Princeton University voice = 609-987-2987 email = eho@confidence.princeton.edu 609-987-2819 (messages) eho@bogey.princeton.edu