meyer@canisius.UUCP (Dr. R. Mark Meyer) (09/20/90)
We are looking at hardware to use in teaching parallel programming and operating systems for Canisius College in Buffalo, NY. One obvious idea is to get some transputer boards and plug them into PCs. Are there are any other ideas people can think of? We don't want to spend more than about $75,000. Our goal is actual parallel hard- ware that allows our students to see real speed-up, so a purely software solution isn't desirable. We do not have the megabucks to buy a Sequent or a Multimax. Mark Meyer meyer@klaatu.cs.canisius.edu Asst. Professor Buffalo, NY 14208 Canisius College
phorgan@cup.portal.com (Patrick John Horgan) (09/24/90)
Robert Diersing had a parallel machine in an S-100 Buss box. It used several Z-80s. He presented a paper on using it as a tool to inexpensively teach parallel architecture (I believe at an IEEE conference). Last I heard he was teaching a Corpus Christi State University in Texas (part of the Texas A&M system). Wish I could remember more information, but if you contact the schools computer science department they can put you together with Robert. If you talk to Robert tell him I said hello:) Patrick Horgan phorgan@cup.portal.com
Bob_BobR_Retelle@cup.portal.com (09/30/90)
Dr. R. Mark Meyer asks: >We are looking at hardware to use in teaching parallel programming ... >Are there are any other ideas people can think of? We don't want >to spend more than about $75,000. ... Have you looked at the ATW (Atari Transputer Workstation)..? I'm afraid I don't know much about it other than it uses T-800s and runs the Helios operating system (and is supposed to be somewhat inexpensive) Does anyone know anything more about this system? BobR
swansonc@ACC.STOLAF.EDU (10/03/90)
>From transputer-request@theory.TN.CORNELL.EDU Tue Oct 2 20:01:05 1990 Return-Path: <transputer-request@theory.TN.CORNELL.EDU> Received: from THEORY.TN.CORNELL.EDU by nic.stolaf.edu; Tue, 2 Oct 90 20:00:59 -0500 Received: by theory.TN.CORNELL.EDU (4.1/1.6) id AA09210; Tue, 2 Oct 90 20:22:47 EDT Received: from ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU by theory.TN.CORNELL.EDU (4.1/1.6) id AA09204; Tue, 2 Oct 90 20:22:43 EDT Received: by ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (5.63/1.42) id AA26942; Tue, 2 Oct 90 17:14:07 -0700 Received: from USENET by ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU with netnews for transputer@tcgould.tn.cornell.edu (transputer@tcgould.tn.cornell.edu) (contact usenet@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU if you have questions) Date: 30 Sep 90 04:18:28 GMT >From: portal!cup.portal.com!Bob_BobR_Retelle@apple.com Organization: The Portal System (TM) Subject: Re: Parallel hardware for undergraduate instruction Message-Id: <34398@cup.portal.com> References: <2881@canisius.UUCP> Sender: transputer-request@theory.TN.CORNELL.EDU To: transputer@theory.TN.CORNELL.EDU Status: R In a previous posting, Bob Retelle wrote: >Have you looked at the ATW (Atari Transputer Workstation)..? >I'm afraid I don't know much about it other than it uses T-800s and runs >the Helios operating system (and is supposed to be somewhat inexpensive) >Does anyone know anything more about this system? >BobR If anyone has more info on the ATW I would like tor receive it. You could either post to the newsgroup or respond by e-mail. I will summarize the e-mail responses. Thank's. -Chris Chris Swanson, Academic Computing Center, St. Olaf College, Northfield,MN 55057 INTERNET: swansonc@acc.stolaf.edu UUCP: swansonc@stolaf AT&T: Work: (507)-645-6845 Home: (507)-663-6424 I would deny this reality, but that wouldn't pay the bills...