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- From: noel@reg.triumf.ca (NOEL GIFFIN)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec
- Subject: Re: Are the Alpha-Machines big- or little-endian ?
- Date: 11 Jan 1993 14:03 PST
- Organization: TRIUMF: Tri-University Meson Facility
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- Message-ID: <11JAN199314035035@reg.triumf.ca>
- References: <1993Jan8.170148.11988@wavehh.hanse.de> <2375@sousa.tay.dec.com>
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- Summary: Architecture/systems little, chip bi
- Keywords: endian, architecture, chip
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- >The Alpha chip (DECchip 21064) can be used to build either a big endian
- >or little endian system. For example, the Cray Research Alpha-based
- >MPP system is big endian.
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- Ok I'll byte, How many little Endians does it take to make
- One Big Endian?
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