27 May
2011
27 May
'11
1:33 p.m.
On 27/05/2011 01:53, Tony Duell wrote:
Theyr'e rarer than transputers (and link adapters) ;-(. You didn't
need
them if you were making a fixed-configuration network after all.
While the C004 did re-time the link signals, the links are not that fast
(10MHz), and you can get away with using F TTL multiplexers, etc to swich
links around on smaller systems. Yes, I have done it.
-tony
David May has a page describing some of the boards you're never likely
to find in the wild. I was also in touch with his son recently and
you'll be glad to know the the Transputer bug has been passed down. He
mentioned rumours that someone was putting together a large Transputer
museum exhibit. No idea on where/who though.
Take a look at http://www.cs.bris.ac.uk/~dave/transputer.html
<http://www.cs.bris.ac.uk/%7Edave/transputer.html>
Re. link chips - a quick check on ebay.co.uk shows auction #230614973050
is for C011 chips and he claims to have 15 available. These are just the
bare chips, i.e. not an ISA card but they are pretty simple (8 bits data
bus <> Inmos link). Also of interest is item #150609267203 which is for
a full TDS - I'm watching this one but suspect it'll go for silly money :(
James
The C004 is a bit like a 'telephone exchange'
for trnasputer links :-).
It lets you reconfigure how the trnasputers are interconencted. The
interface on said chjip to load the conenciton data is ... a transputer
link. Makea lot of sense, I guess...
I'd dearly love a handful of those
chips.