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Started by pink
Wed, 12 Jun 1991 16:18
Transputer Nodes: Pricing for small quantities
Author: pink
Date: Wed, 12 Jun 1991 16:18
Date: Wed, 12 Jun 1991 16:18
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Hello,
I am working on a parallel computer as a hobby, and I'm considering going
the Transputer route, since it would get me up and running a lot faster.
Since I'm a hobbyist, I don't have funding for this and everything is
comming out of my pocket. Where can I find transputers in small quantities
at reasonable cost? T400s would be fine...
Also, what is the minimal development system? I know inmos sells Occam and
C, but are there public domain languages/compilers/development tools?
Thanks!
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Re: Transputer Nodes: Pricing for small quantities
Author: Michael I Summers
Date: Thu, 13 Jun 1991 12:09
Date: Thu, 13 Jun 1991 12:09
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In the May issue of Byte there is a "News" article (p. 70) on a Transputer Education Kit for $236 (T-400 on PC card, C, Occam, assembler, and docs). Computer System Architects 950 North University Ave. Provo, UT 84604 Voice: (800) 753-4272 FAX: (801) 374-2306 Also 1MB DRAM $110; add-on processor boards $150. Has anyone delt with these folks? And how are these prices? Mike
Re: Transputer Nodes: Pricing for small quantities
Author: Michael_I_Summers
Date: Fri, 14 Jun 1991 11:54
Date: Fri, 14 Jun 1991 11:54
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Apparently the prices I sent to the world in my previous message were a mis-print (however if you mention the Byte blurb you get those prices through the end of the month [? the woman on the phone was unsure]). New prices and some details: Transputer Education kit (T400, no memory) $296 Add-on card (additional T400) $200 Starter Kit (Education Kit w/1M DRAM, through 7/15) $346 My apologies for the mis-information. Mike
CSA TEK (was Re: Transputer Nodes: Pricing for small quantities)
Author: Rainer Malzbender
Date: Sat, 15 Jun 1991 00:04
Date: Sat, 15 Jun 1991 00:04
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We just got one of the $236 kits, primarily to get students to play with transputers without eating up time on our bigger T800 network. It seems like a great deal, although I haven't used it much. I replaced the T400 with a T800 and added 4 Mb of DRAM (we ordered from Microprocessors Unlimited, see their Computer Shopper ad), and it appears to work fine. One thing to be aware of: even though the kit comes with lots of software and documentation, the compilers are somewhat stripped down versions of the regular programs. Both the C and Occam compilers support only the T400 and are "limited to use with the kit" (how does one enforce that ??). They come from Inmos and Logical Systems. We plan on running TDS (I was told by a CSA person that this is possible, but haven't tried it). Apparently the kit emulates an Inmos B003. Judging from the overall quality of the kit (they even include schematics - who does *that* any more ?) I'd have to recommend CSA quite highly. By the way, if you add 1M x 4 chips, make sure to specify 300 mil packages, since when I ordered mine I received 400 mils which didn't fit. We paid something like $42 per chip for the skinny ones. -- Rainer Malzbender Dept. of Physics (303)492-6829 U. of Colorado, Boulder rainer@boulder.colorado.edu 128.138.240.246
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