I can see some similarity of the 900 series CRU I/O to the Inmos Transputer serial links, but I've never heard of them referred to as Transputers. The 960 was called a "bit pusher", though.
jbdigriz On Mon, 4 Sep 2023 16:01:10 -0400 Bill Gunshannon via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > On 9/4/2023 11:27 AM, James B DiGriz via cctalk wrote: > > I'm interested, the ATS-960 automated test system in particular. I > > think that's what was with the Applicon I mentioned. > > > > jbdigriz > > > > On Mon, 4 Sep 2023 14:22:53 +0200 (CEST) > > Christian Corti via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > > >> I won't give up my hopes, but it seems that this system is > >> practically extinct and that noone is really interested in it, > >> although it was the start for the later 980/990 and 9900 series. > > > Weren't the TI 900 series the things called Transputers? > > > bill > >