[HECnet] Parallel computing using DECnet

[Steve Davidson]

The DEC calling standards and the design of DECnet do not limit us to
using only one language.   Each system could use what ever is available
on that system (and what the user knows how to program in) and use
DECnet objects to pass information back and forth.   A simple protocol
(if you will) could be spec'd out and implemented for any of the
languages.   A common language could be used for the "glue".   MACRO-11
might be fun - it could easily manage the differences between BASIC and
FORTRAN (and others) calling sequences (ie R5).

-Steve 

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Subject: Re: [HECnet] Parallel computing using DECnet

On 05/01/2014 11:41 PM, Jovan Trujillo wrote:
Oh man ha ha so we are going to do amazing things with 64kb. Like 
those demo scene guys and their commodore 64's. Alright 
fractals sound 
like a good first project for something like this. ...we do 
have 64kb 
available right?   :)

  There are very few PDP-11s that won't kick the living snot 
out of a Commodore 64, FYI.

  But using FORTRAN, we could potentially use overlays and such.

                          -Dave

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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
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