Author: Graham Laight
Date: 02:26:06 09/06/00
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This is a 7 year old computer! I think that newer models of Supercomputers probably offer far better value for money than this machine. I suspect that for your $44K, you could get a machine which can out-compute this machine, and cost far less in maintenance (and electricity). Even the computer we used for Crafty in the WMCCC (Compaq Alpha XP1000 workstation) can be "clustered" into a supercomputer configuration (the British Formula 1 Racing company Benetton use clusters of Unix machines to simulate airflow around their car designs - a job which would traditionally have been done on a Cray). Speaking as a lover of mechanical calculating machines, old equipment can be very beautiful to look at, but is not generally very useful compared to the newer stuff. To stretch the viewpoint a bit further, until the early 1950s, payrolls were done by huge mechanical computers fed with punch cards. I would happily bet that a cheap pocket computer with a spreadsheet facility could outcompute (if not do the printing of) the entire systems of a large 1950s company by a wide margin. I'm afraid that, unless your organisation is already set up to program and maintain Cray computers, $44,000 is too much money to pay to lumber yourself with an antique calculating machine. Most musuem exhibits are donated for free, with the honourable exception of the Babbage "Analytical Engine", which was purpose built by the London Science Museum. -g On September 05, 2000 at 18:39:27, Ian Osgood wrote: >http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=426080142 > > >Hey, Bob! Got room in (and under) your garage? :) > >Cray Blitz could live again!
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