Questions for Vector Processor Users
David Scott Mead
gcm!dsm at uunet.uu.net
Wed Dec 6 06:26:39 AEST 1989
TO ALL USERS OF SKY COMPUTER PRODUCTS, USERS OF VECTOR PROCESSING
PRODUCTS, OR ALL OTHERS HAVING HELPFUL KNOWLEDGE:
Our firm is considering purchasing and installing a SKYbolt Application
Accelerator for Sun Workstations to be installed in a Sun 4/110 running
SUNOS 4.0.3. The accelerator is a vector processing board which is
produced by SKY Computers, Inc. We are interested in learning of other
users' experiences with this product (and other such products) and the
software that accompanies it:
SKYVEC C Compiler Assembler and Linker
Symbolic Debugger Math Libraries
sim860
simulator
adb860
debugger
gdb860
debugger
In particular, the products we will purchase are:
Model #8124-S SKYbolt Application Accelerator
BCTCB-X C-Compiler
BATNB-X SKYbolt Drivers
BTTNB-X SKYbolt Linker, Assembler, Debugger, Simulator
We would like to know the positive and negative experiences of other
users, criteria for evaluating the performance of such products, and how
well the products have performed for other users, especially in comparison
with the manufacturer's claims. Thank you very much for your time.
David S. Mead
Greenwich Capital Markets, Inc.
uunet!gcm!dsm OR
dsm at gcm!uunet.uu.net
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