Newsgroups: comp.sys.transputer
From: altatech@xmission.com (Alta Technology)
Subject: Re: PowerPC <--> Transputer (Swapping of data)
Organization: XMission Public Access Internet (801-539-0900)
Date: 1 Nov 1994 15:43:18 -0700
Message-ID: <396ga6$hc0@xmission.xmission.com>

ifunltd (ifunltd@xs1.xs4all.nl) wrote:
: Uwe Honekamp (hone@mlap.fb14.uni-paderborn.de) wrote:
: : Hi folks,

: : there's something I would like to know:

: : I'm writing code for a power TRAM and it seems a little
: : bit strange to me that it is necessary to swap the bytes of a
: : Transputer data object in order to use it by the MPC or vice versa.
: : OK, MPC is big endian and Transputer is little endian but why did'nt
: : Parsytec swap the data lines to the memory block. I mean: why didn't

Isn't the PowerPC bi-endian?  Can't the endianness be selected by the
hardware?  If they were mating such a beast to a T8, you'd think they'd
select the same endian?

Chris

