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From: dstewart+@cs.cmu.edu (David B Stewart)
Subject: Re: Reponses to Chimera II question.
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In article <1992Oct13.210421.19885@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu> dulimart@cps.msu.edu (Hansye S. Dulimarta) writes:
>Sometimes ago I requested information about Chimera II and here are the
>responses I received.
>
>the Sun 3/160 and the Ironics IV-3220 both have the same CPU (68020) so 
>no cross-compilation is require in our case.  Currently a Sun3 is required
>on your network so that the real-time programs may be compiled.

Please note that the above restriction only applies to Chimera II. 
In Chimera 3.0, due to be released next month, the GNU C compiler is used,
and it can run either on a Sun3, or on a Sun4 as a cross compiler. 
In addition, GNU C++ is also supported.

~dave

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