Re: TI-H: special component
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Re: TI-H: special component
speaking of RISC processors, the N64 has a customized version of a RISC CPU used
in silicon graphics workstations
joe
Grant Stockly wrote:
> You could just write junky code and use a new generation RISC processor...
> :) Consider all options... :)
>
> I'd like to see 10B-t do over 300k per sec... :)
>
> >I don't know. If it were using 3 MIPS to transfer data (max.. networks
> >aren't usually running at full speed because you'd get a lot of
> >collisions) then there would be 2 MIPS left over. That's 40% of the
> >processor time, so if you could write some real slick code that
> >efficiently used every slice of processor time, then you might be able to
> >pull it off. I don't think I could do it, though. I'd probably have to go
> >for a higher-powered Motorola 68HC series or something. I would guess
> >that's what is used in those little pocket-print-server things. Then
> >again, they do very little other than scan the incoming stuff and whenever
> >something arrives with the correct IP address they pass it through a
> >buffer to the parallel port.
> >
> >
> >On Thu, 18 Jun 1998, Jon Olson wrote:
> >
> >> Don't you think that the chip would however, get backlogged with data after
> >> a while? i mean...it could in theory bring in the data and send it back out
> >> that quickly, however if it's planning on doing anything real with the
> >> data, i don't think that this will work at all well. however, if you can
> >> find a way to make it work on a 10 Mhz network. Please tell me. I've been
> >> considdering building a little device that connects to a modem and to my
> >> dad's office network and allows me to dial in and execute various tasks
> >> (i.e. reboot my servers there, connect via telnet to some of the firewalled
> >> workstations, that kind of thing).
> >
> >--
> >Greg Hill
> >greg-hill@bigfoot.com
> >www.comports.com/link
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