SUMMARY: Comments wanted on Intel i860

[Jeff Sicherman]

In article <1990Dec18.151138.12055 at metro.ucc.su.OZ.AU> nzhang at ee.su.oz.au (Ning Zhang) writes:
>In article <28701 at megaron.cs.arizona.edu> rupley at cs.arizona.edu (John Rupley) writes:
>>:From: rupley at cs.arizona.edu (John Rupley)
>>:I would appreciate any comments on use of the Intel i860 processor.
>>:What systems or cards were used?  What OS?  UNIX?
>>:What compilers?  Advice and suggestions?
>
>When I was in Germany, I had tried to port my Radiosity/Raytracing/Zbuffer
>package to some add-on i860 cards for PCs.
>
>1. DSM i860 Card (Munich, Germany): Only on UNIX V platform, using MetaWare
>   C860 compiler.
>2. MicroWay 860 Card (MA, USA): Designed and Manufactured in England. With
>   transparent interface between I860 CPU and host 386 chip. But only supports
>   MicroWay compilers.
>3. Datapath Merlin 860 Card (Nottingham, UK): With graphics copressor and
>   vedio ram. Very limitted software support (you have to build your own
>   interface, I/O handling and memory management). Supports any COFF files
>   generated by MetaWare C386, GreenHill C386, etc.
>
  The latest issue of PC Mag has an ad for a Hauppauge 486 motherboard that
comines a 486 processor with an i860. Limited offer for processor plus
i860/apx executive when ordered with 16MB board.

Jeff Sicherman