[Coco] CoCo Supercomputer Idea

[Kip Koon]

Hi Wayne,
For a project of this size, a design team needs to be put together to consider what the specifications might be for a cluster of CoCos connected together in a system such as this and what kind of protocol is needed for all the interprocessing communications that would be taking place.  I would think that the faster the communications port, the better the overall system would operate.  I'm thinking that the ESP8266 WiFi module needs to be connected to the CoCo, a USB port to connect to a PC or both.  Could these two be on the same PCB?  The latest version of the Multicomp has the ESP8266 WIFI module on board now.  
I would volunteer for testing the system once it's ready to begin testing since I have a few CoCo 1s, 2s & 3s as well as a CoCo3FPGA board and a Multicomp09 PCB.  I have several Multicomps that I could reconfigure if more than one multicomp09s would be needed.  My problem would be finding a place to set all this up so I could test.  I'll really have to work on that one.  That's all I have at the moment.  I'm sure other brain storms will take place.  :)  Take care my friends.

Kip Koon
computerdoc at sc.rr.com
http://www.cocopedia.com/wiki/index.php/Kip_Koon



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Coco [mailto:coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com] On Behalf Of Wayne Campbell
> Sent: Saturday, January 09, 2016 8:24 PM
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
> Subject: Re: [Coco] CoCo Supercomputer Idea
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> Interesting idea, but in what way would it work as a supercomputer? Would
> NitrOS-9 be modified to be a parallel processing OS? Drivewire4 is great, but can we actually share processing between CoCos
> through the Internet using DW?
> 
> I like the notion, but need clarity on exactly how it would work.
> 
> Wayne
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