"Brian J. Beesley" wrote:
> On 19 Aug 99, at 0:02, Simon Burge wrote:
>
> > I've got static MLU ev5 and ev6 binaries if Linux can run them under
> > some sort of Digital Unix emulation. Might be interesting to see how
> > gcc 2.8.1 compares with DEC's C compiler.
>
> I guess gcc would look "ordinary". Unfortunately linux uses the NT
> PAL code, this makes running DEC binaries problematic.
>
> If/when I ever get some spare time. I'm going to have a look at the
> code generated in the critical loops & see if I can hand-optimize it
> a bit. There _should_ be a factor of at least 2 in there somewhere.
I've updated that tar file with the .s files produced by the DEC C
compiler. They may be of some help.
> [[ QA test file info ]]
I might look at getting the mers package to use this test file... Doesn't
hurt to have another test.
> > A few of us Aussies recently purchased some PC164-500 motherboards
> > (500MHz 21164) for $US250 - easily the fastest computer I own now!
>
> I'll have a look & see if I can turn up anything similar. $250 sounds
> crazy, the processor alone should cost more than that!
I think it was a one-off deal. Needless to say we jumped at it!
Simon.
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