From: mia Newsgroups: comp.sys.transputer Subject: Re: Where to get started? Date: Mon, 30 Nov 1998 10:10:03 +0200 Organization: nice Message-Id: <366252DB.6BDB@nice.com> References: <3653911D.A28B1091@cisco.com> <365BE340.6B00@nice.com> Reply-To: mia@nice.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mark Booth wrote: > > snip snip... > >too late... the stuff is discontinued as of end of 1998. > >sorry to disappoint you on it. > >it was nice while it lasted, though. > >enjoy your life and go into DSP - it has a longer future. > > Don't dismiss transputers totally Mia, especially in c.s.t. There are > lots of valuable techniques and lessons to be learn by studying > transputers and parallel systems. > > Take care, > > Mark......... well, ofcourse things can be learned from transputers. Only they stepped in place for so long... a DSP with floating point (hp I think) does (in our new system) in 0.5 a millisecond the same processing that a T805 of 25MHz did in 23 milliseconds. The DSP systems lack the elegance of the transputer's built-in OS and anyway all this is crying over spilled milk. Mia