Newsgroups: comp.sys.transputer
From: andyr@rmi.net (Andy Rabagliati)
Subject: Re: DS links not dead?
Organization: RMI NET
Date: 6 Jan 1998 05:06:14 GMT
Message-ID: <68se46$rt5$1@news1.rmi.net>

According to NewsMan  <2021@please.dont.send.email>:
> 
> I noticed a prior reference on this newsgroup to a mysterious link
> technology. The number I think was IEEE 1394. At the time I noted a URL
> and postponed looking at it until later. When I looked at the link today I
> found to my surprise that the article was speaking about the good old DS
> links from the T9000. There was even a copy of part of the T9000 hardware
> manual and references to the C104. Does this mean that the T9000 design
> is still alive and well? I thought all Inmos's work on this had come to
> nothing. Can someone elucidate?
> NewsMan

I don't know.

But the links were the only good thing about the T9000 - and the
virtual link stuff - very cool, and solid.

Computed non-blocking routing.

Only competition for bandwidth delays the messenger.

A good TCP/IP stack on top of it -

well, you didn't think we would be using anything else ?

Cheers,       Andy!