Transp. for Neural Nets etc.

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#1283

Author: Segmentation fault (core dumped)
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 09:49

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Hi,

I am thinking seriously of buying a transputer card for my PC.  I
have never used a transputer, and never seen one - buying it is
the only way I can get my hands on such a machine.

I will be using the transputer for simulations of neural networks.
Would a transputerboard with one tram (a T800 with 2MB Dram) be well suited
for such an application?  Would anything cheaper also be ok for such an    
application?   

For a transputer system consisting of a motherboard, a T800 w. 2MBdram, and
a C dev.kit I expect to pay aprx. $3000 - am I beeing ripped off?

Thanx in advance.

Christian Hilmersen 
christia@edb.tih.no
Norway

Re: Transp. for Neural Nets etc.

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Author: Rob Kurver
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 14:31

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In <1992Nov12.094923.28263@edb.tih.no> christia@colargol (Segmentation fault (core dumped)) writes:

>I am thinking seriously of buying a transputer card for my PC.  I
>have never used a transputer, and never seen one - buying it is
>the only way I can get my hands on such a machine.

>I will be using the transputer for simulations of neural networks.
>Would a transputerboard with one tram (a T800 with 2MB Dram) be well suited
>for such an application?  Would anything cheaper also be ok for such an    
>application?   

>For a transputer system consisting of a motherboard, a T800 w. 2MBdram, and
>a C dev.kit I expect to pay aprx. $3000 - am I beeing ripped off?

If don't want to spend a lot of money to find out what good transputers
are to you, you may wish to consider starting with one of the Transputer
Educational Kits.  Such a kit offers a transputer (T800 usually optional)
with a collection of software (Occam plus C) and some sort of hands-on
transputer course.  I know of two companies that make them:  CSA in
the U.S.A. and Bieware in The Netherlands.  Please email me for address
details.

>Christian Hilmersen 

Rob

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Re: Transp. for Neural Nets etc.

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Author: Marek Podgorny
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 21:23

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In article <1992Nov12.094923.28263@edb.tih.no>, christia@colargol (Segmentation fault (core dumped)) writes:
>Hi,
>
>[.....]  
>
>For a transputer system consisting of a motherboard, a T800 w. 2MBdram, and
>a C dev.kit I expect to pay aprx. $3000 - am I beeing ripped off?
>
>Thanx in advance.
>
>Christian Hilmersen 
>christia@edb.tih.no
>Norway

3 years ago, I paid for 4 such systems, albiet with 4 MB RAM each,
approx. 12,000 DM, occam + afserver included .  In February '91, Parsytec 
charged DM 2,700 for your configuration, and DM 2,200 for 3L C compiler. 

Marek Podgorny, NPAC, Syracuse University

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