gary_whittington@aberdeen.ac.uk (11/22/88)
Please can you remove me from the transputer mailing list. Thanks.
Gary.usenet@cps3xx.UUCP (Usenet file owner) (11/23/89)
The computer science department at Central Michigan University is planning to assemble a parallel processing machine based on T-800/20 transputers (IMS404-3s) and other componenets from Inmos to teach parallel processing at undergraduate level. The plan is to use a 16-node (4-cube) transputer network as a back end to a front end Sun 3/470 workstation via a VME bus interface card (IMSB011). The front end will be used in a multiuser mode by connecting a number of PCs over the Ethernet link. We have no prior experience of using/operating any kind of parallel machine. To this end, I would appreciate it very much if some knowledgeable expert(s) and people using such a machine, can comment on the following planned hardware and software configuration. Hardware: Front-end -- Sun3/470GX-P-8 (8Mb RAM, 387Mb hard disk, 150Mb 1/4" tape cartridge, monitor, keyboard, mouse, SUN OS) Back-end -- Item box (IMSB211-US) for housing two motherboards (IMSB012-1s), each motherboard can accomodate eight T-800/20s, each T-800/20 with 2Mb of local RAM, and the VME bus interface card. Software: C-environment -- Express from ParaSoft and Logical Systems C-compiler for the Sun workstation. Occam environment -- from Inmos for the Sun 3/470. Are there any hidden traps? Is there a better (cheaper) way to do it? Thanks in advance. rattan (rattan@frith.egr.msu.edu)