Subject: Re: Intel i960 port
To: Gregory McGarry <g.mcgarry@qut.edu.au>
From: Andrew Cagney <ac131313@cygnus.com>
List: netbsd-ports
Date: 03/21/2000 14:50:00
Gregory McGarry wrote:
> 
> >From the webpage:
> 
> > There are a number of variants of the i960 architecture that include
> > support for VM. Vendors often shipped Xterminals (ex: a company
> > called Labtam) with that i960 processor. The i960 is also found in
> > printers and routers.
> 
> Labtam's xterminal business was purchased by Tektronix several years ago,
> and Tektronix sold their xterminal business to NCD.  An employee at NCD
> has stated that the technology is old, not supported, and all technical
> knowledge has been lost.
> 
> In any case, the labtam terminals have CA processors, which AFAICT
> do not have an MMU.

That's according to the book.  There was a rumor that at least the early
CA parts had what looked/behaved very like a fully functional MMU
(totally unfounded of course ... :-).

	Andrew