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Article #810Re: 6152 coprocessor card(s?)
From: Joe Greco
Date: Fri, 03 Aug 1990 16:37
Date: Fri, 03 Aug 1990 16:37
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In comp.sys.ibm.pc.rt article <F?.1.n91@cs.psu.edu>, ehrlich@cs.psu.edu (Dan &) wrote: :Hmmm.... Not sure that I qualify as a guru. Can you provide more details as :to in what way Ethernet 'bombed'? We used to have mucho ethernet problems :until IBM figured out what was happening and sent a replacement ethernet :driver. The new driver is one of the patches in the archive at :bikini.cis.ufl.edu. Yes, we installed that poor excuse for a patch and immediately became unable to flip between DOS and UNIX with /etc/suspend and unix restart 1 go. We called ACSC and they're going to call us back as soon as someone gets back from vacation. I more or less mentioned it just as a lead-in. : :Joe> Option #16 intrigues me. Number of coprocessors [1]? I tried and it will :Joe> allow two as an answer. Does this imply that a 6152 can handle two :Joe> coprocessor boards? If so, has it been done? Any gory details available? :Joe> I don't have the documentation available myself, but Steve looked thru a few :Joe> guides and couldn't find anything about it. : :The Dec. '88 Release of AOS 4.3 supports 2 CPUs in and RT 6152. I do not :know if IBM every released any instructions although I vaguely remember :seeing them drift by some where. If memory serves, one also needs a :modified version of the 6152 configuration diskette (the one with the :diagnostics) so the bus addresses of the second CPU card can be set. One :CPU could be used to run the X server leaving the other for more useful :computations. Is there any other configuration possible? I'm somewhat more interested in distributed computing applications, and doubling your processing power is always nice. :-) : :Joe> Anybody gots any comments? ;-) : :Hope this helps. It's a good start! ;-) Thanks. : ... Joe ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Joe Greco - University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee - Department of Mathematics jgreco@archimedes.math.uwm.edu USnail: Joe Greco Voice: 414/321-6184 9905 W. Montana Ave. Data: 414/321-9287 (Happy Hacker's BBS) West Allis, WI 53227-3329 #include <witty_and_humorous_saying.h> Disclaimer: I don't speak for the Math Department, the University, or myself.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!archimedes.math.uwm.edu!jgreco From: jgreco@archimedes.math.uwm.edu (Joe Greco) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.rt Subject: Re: 6152 coprocessor card(s?) Message-ID: <5535@uwm.edu> Date: 3 Aug 90 16:37:15 GMT References: <5417@uwm.edu> <F?.1.n91@cs.psu.edu> Sender: news@uwm.edu Organization: University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee - Department of Mathematics Lines: 48