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Article #5304Re: DECStation 3100
From: Carl Lowenstein
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 1989 00:46
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 1989 00:46
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In article <8107@boulder.Colorado.EDU> bobk@boulder.Colorado.EDU (Bob Kinne) writes:
>Bob Kinne Optoelectronics Computing Center
>UCB, Campus Box 525 VOICE (303) 492-3330
>Boulder, CO 80309 INTERNET bobk@boulder.Colorado.EDU
>We will be installing a DECstation 3100 in about 2 weeks.
>Since the byte ordering is different between the VAX and the
>MIPS machine, are there any problems or tricks involved in setting
>up the DECstation as a Remote Installation client of the VAXserver?
No -- the byte ordering is a 'board-construction time' option with the
MIPS chip set. MIPS themselves chose to be big-endian, while DEC using
the same chips chose to be little-endian, to match VAXen, PDP11's,
80x86's etc. etc.
--
carl lowenstein marine physical lab u.c. san diego
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!ucsd!sdcc6!mplvax!cdl From: cdl@mplvax.EDU (Carl Lowenstein) Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec Subject: Re: DECStation 3100 Message-ID: <856@mplvax.EDU> Date: 14 Apr 89 00:46:53 GMT References: <8107@boulder.Colorado.EDU> Reply-To: cdl@mplvax.ucsd.edu.UUCP (Carl Lowenstein) Distribution: usa Organization: U.C. San Diego, Marine Physical Laboratory Lines: 19