Hi all,
>
> There are three groups of MIPS machines you're likely to meet up with:
>
> o Workstations/computers from SGI and their "friends" Pyramid and
> Siemens-Nixdorf. All big-endian, probably not adaptable. SGI's
> success means that this is much the largest group of machines.
that's not true: The box we received from SNI runs WinNT (LE) as well
as Sinix (BE). So it must be reconfigurable.
>
> o PC's built during the great Windows/NT-on-MIPS scam. All
> little-endian, usually not adaptable. But very, very cheap.
>
> [Advertisement mode on: I've never met a MIPS board which can work
> either way around, except the ones Algorithmics make.]
Also, not true :-) Both Magnum and Olivetti (boxes actually designed
for WinNT) can run in BE mode. At least for the Magnum I can confirm
that since I've used a Magnum with Mips Risc/OS (BE) for years.
SGI or Mips, resp. itself was working on a Bi-endian kernel (afaik)
but after lots of nasty problems this project was stopped. Well,
that's what I heard...
Cheers,
Andy
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