Getting started with Transputers

[Josh Dersch]

Tony Duell wrote:
>> I actually have a few mystery boards with Transputer chips on them 
>> (T800s).  They're VME-ish (not sure if they're actually VME or just look 
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> I would assume they're not VMA. The VME form-factor is actually just a 
> double Eurocard, and is a very standard PCB in Europe for all sorts of 
> purposes -- I've got Philips P800 stuff on such boards, for example, my 
> homebrew transputer ssytem ended up on the same size PCBs, and so on.
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>> like it) and have a variety of A/D converters onboard.  Labeled as 
>> "TRANSPUTER I/O-BOARD TIOB V2.0" and it looks like the manufacturer may 
>> be Bosch.  Based on the labels on the analog inputs, it may have been 
>> used for some sort of automotive simulation or testing.  Haven't been
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> Quite possible. My _guess_ is that this won't have the host interface on 
> it, rather that the interconnection between the boards will be transputer 
> links. 
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> What chips are on the boards -- particularly Inmos ones? Any C011 or C012 
> devices?
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The only Inmos chip on the board appears to be the Transputer chip 
itself (A T800).  There's a fair amount of TTL stuff, a couple of GALs, 
four 256kbit RAM chips, an AMD 9513, and then the A/D stuff.

Josh
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