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>What exactly do you mean by a "modern Pyramid"? If you mean a MIPS-based
>MIServer T-series, that will do most of us Pyramid users no good....

Notational corrections: The MIServer T-series uses Pyramid's proprietary XP
CPU. The 90x, 90Mx, 98x, 98xe, and 9805 use the SP. The 9000 family (except
for the 9805) use the AP, and the MIServer and MIS-T are the XP. The main
user-visible difference between a plain MIS and the MIS-T is cache size.

The MIServer S-Series ('S' for 'standard') uses the MIPS R3000, and can be
treated largely the same as any other MIPS platform running SVR4.

>Why are 90x machines inappropriate?  All Pyramid computers EXCEPT the
>MIServer T-series share the same processor.

Weeeeelllll, sortof. While the XP CPU is compatible with the SP and AP, there
were a few instructions that were removed and are emulated in software. You
don't want the compiler emitting those instructions. :-) The XP pipeline
structure is different, too. So if you are really want go-for-the-throat
performance, you will need to tune it for the XP CPU, and develop it on OSx
5.1, which is not supported on the 90x.

The basic problem we have with allowing Internet access to our systems is the
use of cleartext passwords across the network. Once that problem is solved, we
may be able to offer assistance.

Commercial sites who have been running gnu C only to be able to run G++ may
want to talk to Pyramid about its C++ prouduct. I don't know schedules and
delivery dates and such; you can ask your salescritter.

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