tharen@prism.gatech.edu (Tharen Debold) (02/22/90)
We're thinking about upgrading our current VS2000 cluster to a cluster
of DS3100s, but have a little problem...
One of the more important functions of this cluster is our Computer Science
assembler language course. Our instructor doesn't want to switch to another
CISC CPU type, let alone a RISC processor. So... we're wondering if anyone
has heard of a VAX (or just PDP-11) cross assembler/emulation package that's
out there... public domain would be nice, but not necessary, as long as it
works.
Please e-mail any responses...
Thanks,
Tharen
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Tharen D. Debold
Office of Computing Services, Georgia Tech, Atlanta Georgia, 30332-0275
tharen@bold1.gatech.edu ...!{allegra,amd,hplabs,ut-ngp}!gatech!bold1!tharenmellon@zayante.pa.dec.com (Ted Lemon) (02/22/90)
>We're thinking about upgrading our current VS2000 cluster to a cluster >of DS3100s, but have a little problem... > >One of the more important functions of this cluster is our Computer >Science assembler language course. So... we're wondering if anyone >has heard of a VAX (or just PDP-11) cross assembler/emulation package >that's out there... Perhaps this is a bit obvious, but I can't think of a better project to teach people about how computers really work than to write a machine emulator and assembler. If you don't buy that argument, though, and you can talk the instructor in question into moving to the Intel architecture, there's a program available for the DECstation series called SoftPC, which emulates an 80386 IBM PC system, and even runs MS-DOS (oh, boy!). At least the Intel processor is a CISC machine. BTW, if you manage to make this switch happen, the difference in speed will *blow your mind*! I still occasionally have to set up VS2000s for people within our organization, and the difference in time that it takes just to install a new aliases database is mind-blowing. Of course, I work for the organization that produced the DECstation 3100, so I suppose I'm a little bit biased. _MelloN_