jlzabala@dit.upm.es (Jose Luis Zabala del Ojo) (11/27/89)
Hi!
Several weeks ago I posted a request for info about Public Domain software
for the Transputer. I was also interested in hearing your opinions about
this initiative. I promised to summarize to the net, so here goes. I'd
like to thank everybody who responded for their time and support!. I
appreciate it. I'm sorry that I didn't post the summary earlier, but
lately, I've been really busy. If anything is untrue or missing let me
know.
I have received lots of messages supporting this initiative but only
one sending practical info where/how obtain P.D Software. In relation to
this first group of replies, practically everybody was agreed with me
that to establish a collection of public domain software would very
important for the development of the Transputer technology and that the
first step is to ask to the research sites and to the industry what
could be available. Some people suggest; this would be a task of each
regional User Group. It is difficult not to be agree with the above ideas.
In relation to info about PD software. The following info is a follow
up of the info sent by Dyke Stiles (Dyke@opus.ee.usu.edu). It was very
useful.
The UK SERC/DTI, under Mike Jane, has a software exchange library.
This library is listed in the SERC/DTI Transputer Mailshot (monthly,
up to date subscription free of charge). I enclose a copy of this
list. The software is available for a copying charge (approach 6 pounds),
to all UK academics. A * denotes in the following list, software which
is also available to non-UK academics and industrialists. Prices used
to remain the same.
Compilers: Target
Xlisp * (single transputer) I
Little Smalltalk * (single transputer) I
Utilities:
NTSC utility disk * I
Fortran Harness M
Liverpool Numerical Library I
Fold Presentation Manager * I/M
Fortran Harness I
Load Balancing evaluation * I
Sieve of Erasothenes and Whetstone Benchmarks * I/M
OCpro- TDS Editor Enhancer * I
Applications:
Fourier Transform Routines I
Neutron Scattering Detector Simulation M
Fluid Dynamics Algorithms I
Neural Net Simulation I
Maldelbrot Programs * I
Stripcode Programs * I
Digital Filter Algorithms M
Finetes Element Codes in Occam I
Target tracking Algorithms * I
Model Reduction using Continued Fractions I
Rank Annihiliation Processor Ring I
Frequency Response Pipeline I
Ordinary Differential Equation Sover * M
Finite Element Model of Variably Saturated
Soil-Flow on Hill-Slopes I
Heapsort Algorithm in Occam * I
Image Analysis Algorithms * I
Note: I = Inmos, M = Meiko (Machine compatibility)
For details of this library, you can contact Linda Harrison, NTSC.
Tel: (0742) 768740.
Those interested in getting more information about SERC/DTI and/or
Mailshot newsletter can contact:
The Transputer Initiative
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
Mike Jane, Terry Mawby
Fax: 44 235 445831
E-mail: ptps@inf.rl.ac.uk
According to Dyke Stiles:" The lack of public domain software may be
due to the great number of different compilers in use around the
world. Occam is little used outside Europe, and there are several
compilers of C, Fortran and Pascal."
Some new information about PD software for the Trasnputer would be
appreciated.
Well, that's all. I hope this is of some use.
--
Jose L. Zabala Fax: (..34-1) 2432077
Department of Telematics Engineering E-mail: jlzabala@dit.upm.es
University of Technology, Madrid
Spain, Europe