> VFs were mostly supported through subroutine libraries like > ESSL. Some were no charge items. > MPSX/370 supported the VF. > > Other solutions (all the PCMs had vector models at various > times) tended to use the VAST > compiler. Only a handful were ever sold, but they went like > stink if the problem was a good > fit. Vector Inner Product on the NAS AS/9160, for instance.
Funny you should mention that. One of the prototype boards for the NAS vector gadget is sitting on a shelf in my office...8-) There was also software developed at the Cornell CRPC to use the vector machines; they were the source of the add-ons to the VS Fortran V2 libs that knew how to use the VF. -- db
