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In article <3197@emory.uucp> km@emory.uucp (Ken Mandelberg) writes:
>Does anyone know of any multiprocessor add in boards
>for the MACII? I have seen boards for the IBM PC with
>multiple transputers, and hints that there are similar
>boards for the MACII, but have never seen anything firm.
>
>Even better, are there any shared memory multiprocessor
>boards for the MACII or any other reasonably cost micro?
>
>We are looking for hardware for a course in parallel
>processing.
>-- 
>Ken Mandelberg      | km@mathcs.emory.edu          PREFERRED
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There are several companies marketing these at various price ranges
for the NuBus in the MacII.  The market is just now rapidly expanding.
The following are the ones that I am aware of:

Levco Transputer (up to 4 transputers w/4MB apiece on each NuBus card)
(619) 457-2011 (~10K fully loaded)

Mercury Computer (a high performance RISC based machine w up to 8MB memory)
(415) 847-2025 (~$20-25K total (?))

TI MicroExplorer (a powerful LISP machine on a NuBus card)
(800) 527-3500 (~$12K for the board w/basic software & 4MB, ~$22K
w/8MB and extensive software development tools) 


YARC Systems (CRAY spelled backwards.  Powerful CPU, but strange and
small memory structure.)
(818) 889-4388 ($4400 when memory is available)


Usual disclaimers: I've never worked with any of these machines.
Personal opinion after evaluating them for my application (Computer
Vision and AI problems): The Mercury has the highest performance, but 
the TI is also powerful and better suited for AI and vision.


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