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Article #689Re: Status of Bid Endian Support in i860?
From: Robert Ellefson
Date: Mon, 17 Sep 1990 22:53
Date: Mon, 17 Sep 1990 22:53
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In article <1484@vitec.UUCP> nathan@vitec.vitec.us.com (Nathan Banks) writes: >We seem to encounter problems when trying to run in Big Endian mode on >the i860. Even though Intel is a little endian company, I feel that it >is a little too early to be jumping to conclusions at this time, but... >Is anyone else out there having any success with the i860 in >big endian mode? > >Thanks, >Nathan Banks We had purchased a star860 development system from intel, in order to make an IBM 370 to i860 instruction translator (ahem). The system was not able to enter Big Endian mode, although the chip was supposed to work Big Endian. This was a design decision by the star860 developers. Your system may suffer a similar fate. -Bob Ellefson bobeson@spica.ucsc.edu
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!apple!agate!darkstar!saturn.ucsc.edu!bobeson From: bobeson@saturn.ucsc.edu (Robert Ellefson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.intel Subject: Re: Status of Bid Endian Support in i860? Summary: Star860 does not support big endian, others systems may not either. Keywords: i860 Big Endian Message-ID: <6966@darkstar.ucsc.edu> Date: 17 Sep 90 22:53:28 GMT References: <1484@vitec.UUCP> Sender: usenet@darkstar.ucsc.edu Distribution: na Organization: University of California, Santa Cruz Lines: 19