The Atari Transputer Workstation (ATW) is an example of a computer that doesn't
use a host. It is build upon a T800 transputer processor and runs the Helios Operating
System. Another example is XTM from Cogent Research (does anyone have a picture
and/or docs for this machine) which ran Linda and NeWS-based X-Windows system. It
was also powered by a transputer without a host. The transputer only uses the host
for I/O and for downloading the initial program. As Tony said, you can also boot from ROM
and use different types of TRAMS to handle I/O without a host. For info on the ATW, I suggest
you check out
http://columbia.digiweb.com/kiffer/ATW/. For general info on transputers, you
can see my webpage at
http://skyscraper.fortunecity.com/ppp/533/.
Cheers,
Ram
Received on Sat Mar 06 1999 - 21:31:47 GMT