Newsgroups: comp.sys.transputer
From: luigi@labinfo.iet.unipi.it
Subject: Re: TCP/IP for transputer
Organization: Dip. di Ingegneria dell'Informazione, Univ. di Pisa
Date: 19 Aug 1994 14:30:37 GMT
Message-ID: <332fmd$gdd@serra.unipi.it>

     Thor Vollset wrote in article <wr7UuAOJBh107h@tordivel.no> :
>
>TCP/IP for transputer.
>
>Is there anybody with interest in embedded transputer solution
>with a TCP/IP connection ?

To my knowledge there there are already at least two solutions
to this problem:
- The INMOS B300 is a Link-to-Ethernet box which runs TCP/IP and
  allow you to acces your transputers from a TCP/IP system.
  A bit expensive.
- PCserver is a public domain software which does the same as above
  by using a PC motherboard, an ethernet card and one or more
  transputer board/link adapters.

You said embedded: don't know for the B300 (but it cannot be this big),
but PC motherboards are quite small nowadays (and you can even use a
laptop).

>
>Any knowledge about it ?
>
>TORDIVEL are in cooperation with Sundance investigating the possibilities
>of making such a solution a nice price.

of course, innovations are always welcome...

      Luigi

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