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- From: mikef@sarah.lerc.nasa.gov (Mike J. Fuller)
- Newsgroups: comp.arch
- Subject: Re: SPARC Simulator ...
- Message-ID: <1993Jan13.042231.9235@eagle.lerc.nasa.gov>
- Date: 13 Jan 93 04:22:31 GMT
- References: <1993Jan11.071832.19406@rkna50.riken.go.jp>
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- In-Reply-To: wong@rkna50.riken.go.jp's message of Mon, 11 Jan 1993 07:18:32 GMT
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- >>>>> On Mon, 11 Jan 1993 07:18:32 GMT, wong@rkna50.riken.go.jp (Wong Weng
- >>>>> Fai) said:
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- Wong> Thanks to everyone who responded. Unfortunately, it appears that my
- Wong> search is in vain. There were more mails saying "Yeah ! I want that
- Wong> too ! So keep me posted of anything you got" than those offering help.
-
- Well, you can add me to the list of people looking for one, because I was
- just about to post something asking if one existed when I came across your
- query.
-
- I seem to remember reading something a long time ago, back when Sun was a
- relatively small company and a 4/110 was a state-of-the-art machine instead
- of something to prop a door open with, about how Sun had SunOS completely
- ported to the Sparc processor before one was ever produced! So, it appears
- that Sun must have had a pretty complete Sparc emulator in-house. Given
- that the Sparc is an open architecture and quite readily available now, I
- don't know what Sun would have to lose by making the emulator available to
- the net. In fact, making a Sparc emulator freely available could only make
- the Sparc more popular. Can anybody out there from Sun confirm or deny the
- emulator's existence?
-
- Wong> Those who did offer help spoke of the two trace tools for the SPARC
- Wong> available on the public domain : SPA and Shade/Shadow - both of which
- Wong> I have.
-
- I've got to ask -- where do I get SPA and Shade/Shadow? I asked Archie, but
- came up empty.
-
- Wong> A suggestion though ... if anyone do come up with such a simulator,
- Wong> may I suggest that in line with SPIM, one should name it "SPARC"
- Wong> spelled backwards, i.e.
-
- Wong> C R A P S ! ! !
-
- I may just do that, since it looks like I may have to write one to do my
- project. If I do write one, I suppose I'll need a Sparc architecture
- manual. Can anybody suggest how to get one, since I doubt the campus
- bookstore will have one. :-)
-
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