[HECnet] [Simh] Pi VAX Cluster

[Boyanich, Alastair]

Hi Mark,

Thanks for the clarification. Not sure why I thought it was ARMv6.
Still, I have an Rpi on order and due sometime in the next several
years. I'd like ideally to replace some systems I have such as the
TheoLinux router to save some power. More ram though :) I still wonder
about heat.

Also this VIA seems to have 2gb onboard flash + the weenySD slot.

Al.

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From: owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE [mailto:owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE] On
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Sent: Wednesday, 13 June 2012 5:08 PM
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Subject: Re: [HECnet] [Simh] Pi VAX Cluster


On 13 Jun 2012, at 01:04, Boyanich, Alastair wrote:

This looks like it might be cute to run SIMH on.. there was the Rpi
VAX cluster
doing the rounds yesterday, but these things came out today (..wonder
what
tomorrow will bring) for $49 .. with twice the ram, 800Mhz ARMv11 core
(Rpi is
ARMv6 afair? Please correct me).

http://apc.io/

No, the Raspberry Pi CPU is ARM11 (note, no v) 700MHz Broadcom BCM2835
SoC
which is ARMv6 (the Linux distro I run debian armv6l). It's quite
confusing,
there are a few number schemes that all relate to different things
with ARM
and I don't fully understand them.

http://www.raspberrypi.org/faqs

That so-called 'APC8750' board is a VIA Neo-ITX board also. The CPU
setup looks
almost identical to the RPi one save for the extra RAM and 100MHz.

http://www.tomshardware.com/news/VIA-APC-8750-WonderMedia-ARM-
Neo-ITX,15721.html

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