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Absolutely: https://www.transputer.net/tn/46/tn46.html https://www.transputer.net/tn/46/tn46.html Too bad the UK gov were so shortsighted, or that Atari, inste
by alexisread 2y ago
Absolutely:
https://www.transputer.net/tn/46/tn46.html https://www.transputer.net/tn/46/tn46.html
Too bad the UK gov were so shortsighted, or that Atari, instead of making the ATW (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_Transputer_Workstation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_Transputer_Workstation)
should have simply used a T212 in the ST blitter socket as a coprocessor. That way people could have slowly gotten familiar with the arch :|
People are building new hardware to run transputers though:
https://forums.atariage.com/topic/369254-pre-annoucement-atw8002-graphics-transputer-card-for-mega-st-and-vme/page/2/#comments https://forums.atariage.com/topic/369254-pre-annoucement-atw...
so maybe this amazing code can be resurrected on real hardware!
Edit:
Found it. This is the paper on 3d parallel transforms:
https://repository.arizona.edu/bitstream/handle/10150/611934/ITC_1992_92-0526.pdf https://repository.arizona.edu/bitstream/handle/10150/611934...
Later transputers also had DSP instructions built-in.
- rjsw 2y agoLater model STs had an expansion connector on the PCB, it wouldn't have needed to be instead of the blitter.
- cmrdporcupine 2y agoThe modern descendant of this stuff (intersecting group of people and ideas) is at https://www.xmos.com/ https://www.xmos.com/ The target is the embedded space now, though.