Re: Transputer simulator for SUN

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From: Luigi Rizzo
Date: Mon, 05 Oct 1992 08:10

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In article <1743@eagle.ukc.ac.uk> wgd@ukc.ac.uk (Warren Day) writes:
>In article <JAN.92Oct2200040@hermes.neuroinformatik.ruhr-uni-bochum.de> jan@hermes.neuroinformatik.ruhr-uni-bochum.de (Jan Vorbrueggen) writes:
>>__FLAME ON__
>
>Is there a 386 or 486 simulator?
>
>Warren

No flame here...
It's not realistic to compare 386/486 and Transputers, the former have a
completely different market. However, since you asked...

Maybe there's not a simulator, but there are MSDOS
emulators running on Macs and several Unix machines. Plus:
- 386 and 486 systems are easier to debug than a network of transputers
  (thus a simulator is not that necessary);
- they have better debugging support (memory protection and the like);
- the istruction set is much better documented than Transputer's one.

not to mention the wide choice of compilers and development tools that
exist under MSDOS.

I'd like to thank the Inmos' guy who promptly asked my original message
and clearly stated his company's point of view. At the same time, I have
to say I have the same feelings as Jan about Inmos policy.

	Cheers
	Luigi Rizzo
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