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From: Chris Hinsley <chris.hinsley@gmail.com>
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Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2012 23:16:29 +0100
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On 2012-10-08 20:40:23 +0000, rickman said:

> On 10/8/2012 4:05 PM, Chris Hinsley wrote:
>> On 2012-10-08 20:00:22 +0000, rickman said:
>> 
>>> On 10/8/2012 3:43 PM, Chris Hinsley wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Wish it had a bit more local memory, but yep, it looks quite nice.
>>>> 
>>>> Chris
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> WTF?!!! This thing has more memory on each processor than the GA144
>>> has in total!
>>> 
>>> Rick
>> 
>> :)
>> 
>> Well I do like the idea of having a system like 64 super T800 trams on a
>> single chip… call me old fationed but I liked the 1MB tram cards...
>> 
>> Chris
> 
> I don't remember the name of the company, but someone was supposed to 
> be working on a combined processor/memory which was more like a memory 
> chip with an embedded processor than a processor with memory.  Once 
> they do that, there is no reason why it couldn't be an array of 
> processors.
> 
> Personally I never quite got the hang of Transputers.  I did work with 
> them for a while though.  Not sure if the system ever got built.  It 
> was for a spook agency.  Massively parallel.  The software people felt 
> the need to implement a full blown networking scheme on the links.  I'm 
> not sure how well that worked.
> 
> Rick

Loved Transputers, the more the better. Very simple to wire up and use. 
Taos ran very well on them, was nice having a PC with 30 T800s in my 
bedroom to play with ! Ah, thoses we're the days… didn't need extra 
heating in that room on chilly nights… :)

Chris