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>>>>> On Mon, 11 Jan 1993 07:18:32 GMT, wong@rkna50.riken.go.jp (Wong Weng
>>>>> Fai) said:

Wong> Thanks to everyone who responded. Unfortunately, it appears that my
Wong> search is in vain. There were more mails saying "Yeah ! I want that
Wong> too ! So keep me posted of anything you got" than those offering help.

Well, you can add me to the list of people looking for one, because I was
just about to post something asking if one existed when I came across your
query.  

I seem to remember reading something a long time ago, back when Sun was a
relatively small company and a 4/110 was a state-of-the-art machine instead
of something to prop a door open with, about how Sun had SunOS completely
ported to the Sparc processor before one was ever produced!  So, it appears
that Sun must have had a pretty complete Sparc emulator in-house.  Given
that the Sparc is an open architecture and quite readily available now, I
don't know what Sun would have to lose by making the emulator available to
the net.  In fact, making a Sparc emulator freely available could only make
the Sparc more popular.  Can anybody out there from Sun confirm or deny the
emulator's existence?

Wong> Those who did offer help spoke of the two trace tools for the SPARC
Wong> available on the public domain : SPA and Shade/Shadow - both of which
Wong> I have.

I've got to ask -- where do I get SPA and Shade/Shadow?  I asked Archie, but
came up empty.

Wong> A suggestion though ... if anyone do come up with such a simulator,
Wong> may I suggest that in line with SPIM, one should name it "SPARC"
Wong> spelled backwards, i.e.

Wong> C R A P S   ! ! !

I may just do that, since it looks like I may have to write one to do my
project.  If I do write one, I suppose I'll need a Sparc architecture
manual.  Can anybody suggest how to get one, since I doubt the campus
bookstore will have one. :-)

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