conrad@wucs1.wustl.edu (H. Conrad Cunningham) (06/17/91)
I am developing a transputer-based system to use for a class in parallel programming. I currently have an IMSB008 transputer motherboard, a single T800 TRAM, and B003 and M212 evaluation boards thanks mostly to gifts. I plan to purchase a 386-based PC/AT-compatible to use as the host machine. If possible, I would like to allow multiple users to develop (edit, compile, maybe simulate, etc.) programs for this transputer system simultaneously, then allocate the transputer ensemble one at a time for actual runs. Thus instead of MS-DOS I'd like to run a multiuser OS on the 386 (the ESIX version of UNIX would be my preference). Do appropriate drivers, toolsets, etc., exist that will allow me to do this? (My initial plan was to buy a few Transputer Education Kits, but, if possible, I would like to invest my small budget in additional TRAMs for the B008 and software.) My department's computer facilities are networked via ethernet. The systems include 3 Sun-3's, a Sun-4, a 3B2, and several 386s. Software tools based on one of these might be useful. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- H. Conrad Cunningham | Title: Assistant Professor Dept. of Computer & Info. Science | Telephone: (601) 232-5358 Fax: 232-7010 University of Mississippi | Internet: cunningham@cs.olemiss.edu 302 Weir Hall |-------------------------------------------- University, MS 38677 U.S.A. | Home: Rt. 1, Box 81, Oxford, MS 38655 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------