Newsgroups: comp.sys.transputer
From: cgra@se.bel.alcbel.be (Chris Gray)
Reply-To: cgra@se.bel.alcatel.be
Subject: RE: ATW Outsale
Organization: Never was my forte
Date: 8 Dec 1994 12:44:08 GMT
Message-ID: <3c6v2o$roe@btmplq.god.bel.alcatel.be>


In article <O0WUBWPQ@math.fu-berlin.de>, mafrech@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Martin Frech) writes:

> btw - I have an article here describing the ATW architecture, for me it seems 
> that the other parts of the ATW that are also sold out are not very 
> interesting. It's a complicated design with another T800 on it, various I/O, 
> etc., but, as in_depth information about these parts might be hard to obtain, 
> it's better not to get them.

The motherboard has a T800, 4 MB RAM, and a video subsystem called
BLOSSOM.  There is an X11r4 port (see below) and I have a picture 
viewer someone hacked up, so a modicum of information is available.

The i/o server is a modified Atari MegaST, which may seem a bit out-
landish and outmoded to some.

> Anyway, the only piece of software likely to be run on a complete 
> configuration is an old version of Perhelions helios, and very little 
> documentation is availlable for it.

Perihelion sold me an upgrade to Helios 1.3, with the caveat that the 
ATW server is no longer supported; I installed it straight out of the
box and it seems to work fine.  I also bought their port of X11r4,
with which I am currently having less success (but let's face it, I
know $%^& all about X).  So my dreams of a 1280x1024x16 X11 workstation
are still just dreams...


> stay tuned,

> martin

Tune in.  Turn on.  Drop out.

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Chris Gray     cgra@btma74.se.bel.alcatel.be       Compu$erve: 100065,2102
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