15 Nov
1999
15 Nov
'99
7:42 a.m.
"Zane H. Healy" wrote:
The best answer is probably a question, why do you
collect Transputer
equipment?
Well, the reason why I collect transputer equipment is to learn practical
parallel processing. I always had an ambition to build a parallel computer
and transputers makes that happen. The performance isnt what one would
expect. It is never going to be a Cray or a parallel Alpha machine, but the
technology hasnt changed all that much. It is a TRUE parallel processing
machine (that is designed for parallel processing), not like the NOWs (Network
of Workstation) that are common these days. And anything I do on a transputer
will be directly applicable to the worlds most powerful parallel machines.
I can design code on my transputer and run it on any parallel processor in the
world, if I have access to it that is, and it will run without a problem as
long as I use MPI, PVM, etc.
The main reason I'm collecting Mini's is to be
able to play with their
Operating Systems. Besides I'm actually getting my OpenVMS cluster set up
as a fileserver for my other systems. The hardware is also fun to work
with. Some people spend a lot of thier time on the Computer Games, me I
find Mini Computers and their OS's to be the ultimate in computer games.
I dont mind playing with old equipment. And you are right, it is really fun.
But, who has all that space and the time to play with multiple machines like
that....
Ram
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