johns@calvin.EE.CORNELL.EDU (John Sahr) (01/21/89)
We are considering purchase of the PMAX workstation, which
runs ULTRIX exclusively.
Has anyone gotten gcc, emacs and other GNU software running
on the PMAX in particular, or other MIPS cpu machines in
general? We are also interested in other GNU software,
but emacs is pre eminent.
Thanks. Please email- if responses warrant I'll summarize.
John
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John Sahr, School of Elect. Eng., Upson Hall
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853
ARPA: johns@calvin.ee.cornell.edu; UUCP: {rochester,cmcl2}!cornell!calvin!johnstreese@athena.mit.edu (Win Treese) (01/21/89)
In article <904@calvin.EE.CORNELL.EDU> johns@calvin.EE.CORNELL.EDU (John Sahr) writes: >We are considering purchase of the PMAX workstation, which >runs ULTRIX exclusively. It's a nice machine. >Has anyone gotten gcc, emacs and other GNU software running >on the PMAX in particular, or other MIPS cpu machines in >general? We are also interested in other GNU software, >but emacs is pre eminent. The Ultrix "unsupported software" distribution contains GNUemacs 18.5x (sorry, I don't remember the exact minor version number). It's built to run with DECwindows (X11). As for the compiler, I haven't heard about a port of gcc yet (though I'm sure there will be one). The C compiler shipped with the machine is very good, however (it was done by MIPS). As for other GNU software, most of what's available now should build and run fairly cleanly. Porting to the DECstation 3100 from VAX/Ultrix is very straightforward. Win Treese Cambridge Research Lab treese@crl.dec.com Digital Equipment Corporation
johns@calvin.EE.CORNELL.EDU (John Sahr) (01/23/89)
I have received several responses to my query about GNU software for the new DEC workstation. Emacs: At least one respondent claims to have 18.51 running. In fact, Emacs 18.5x (18.51 perhaps) is distributed as unsupported software. gcc: None of the respondents claimed to have gcc running. Part of the appeal of the PMAX seems to be that DEC used "MIPS' compiler technology." (I don't know enough to expound upon compilers). One person claimed that >As for other GNU software, most of what's available now should build and >run fairly cleanly. Porting to the DECstation 3100 from VAX/Ultrix is >very straightforward. I apologize for the "thanks for the reply" posting, which was intended to be email. The mail bounced, and somehow got posted, but not by me, so I couldn't cancel it. John -- John Sahr, School of Elect. Eng., Upson Hall Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853 ARPA: johns@calvin.ee.cornell.edu; UUCP: {rochester,cmcl2}!cornell!calvin!johns