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HungLikeJesus · 10-25-2011, 08:25 PM

I wonder what that computer would compare to in today's market.

BigV · 10-25-2011, 08:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Happy Monkey

Hard drives?

Washing machines. heh... yes, hard drives.

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washing machine /n./

1. Old-style 14-inch hard disks in floor-standing cabinets. So called because of the size of the cabinet and the `top-loading' access to the media packs -- and, of course, they were always set on `spin cycle'. The washing-machine idiom transcends language barriers; it is even used in Russian hacker jargon. See also walking drives. The thick channel cables connecting these were called `bit hoses' (see hose, sense 3). 2. [CMU] A machine used exclusively for washing software. CMU has clusters of these.

ZenGum · 10-25-2011, 09:02 PM

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Originally Posted by HungLikeJesus

I wonder what that computer would compare to in today's market.

[thread-drifting]

An article at Newscientist (http://www.newscientist.com/article/...nventions.html) which is no longer easily available discussed how much it would take to build the functional equivalent of an iphone using 1980s technology.

The answer is roughly that you'd be pushing around a well-loaded wheelbarrow, with the battery pack on a wagon behind.

Spexxvet · 10-26-2011, 09:03 AM

A wagon has a behind? Junk in the trunk?

wolf · 10-26-2011, 09:14 AM

Isn't it round for most efficient use of the liquid nitrogen cooling tower?

(I was late into the discussion, but I immediately said "Cray." And got a little excited. Old school geekishness. I asked the boss for one for Christmas one year. I didn't get it. Not only was it a mite overpowered for our computing needs, she was Jewish. I didn't get one for Chanukah, either.)

Happy Monkey · 10-27-2011, 11:37 AM

I used to have a picture of myself standing inside one of those.

glatt · 10-27-2011, 11:48 AM

I sat on one before. They had a model that incorporated a bench.

xoxoxoBruce · 10-29-2011, 05:19 AM

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Originally Posted by wolf

Isn't it round for most efficient use of the liquid nitrogen cooling tower?

I thought it was for shorter wire paths.

Gravdigr · 10-29-2011, 11:19 AM

I think it was to confuse polocks?

BigV · 10-30-2011, 08:06 PM

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Originally Posted by BigV

Cray XMP.

Do you know why it has that circular shape?

To make the connections between the multiple processors as short and uniform as possible, so they could communicate faster and with the minimum difference among the processors.

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

I thought it was for shorter wire paths.

winnah!!

Gravdigr · 11-16-2011, 04:15 PM

The caption said this was a close up of a Lamprey mouth. But, that don't match up with a Google Image Search.

I ask you, Teh Cellah, what the hell is this? Cuz, I don't know.

HungLikeJesus · 11-16-2011, 04:28 PM

That's the thing that lives in Sundae's dreams.

Spexxvet · 11-16-2011, 05:23 PM

It's what hatches from stones with faces painted on them.

Rhianne · 11-16-2011, 05:52 PM

Is it a cute li'l slug?

Clodfobble · 11-16-2011, 06:46 PM

I'd guess it's a leech.

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10-26-2011, 09:14 AM	#1790
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10-27-2011, 11:37 AM	#1791
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10-29-2011, 11:19 AM	#1794
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10-27-2011, 11:48 AM	#1792
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I sat on one before. They had a model that incorporated a bench.

11-16-2011, 04:15 PM	#1796
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	I don't know what this is. The caption said this was a close up of a Lamprey mouth. But, that don't match up with a Google Image Search. I ask you, Teh Cellah, what the hell is this? Cuz, I don't know. Attached Images __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

11-16-2011, 04:28 PM	#1797
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11-16-2011, 05:23 PM	#1798
Spexxvet Makes some feel uncomfortable Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 10,346	It's what hatches from stones with faces painted on them. __________________ "I'm certainly free, nay compelled, to spread the gospel of Spex. " - xoxoxoBruce

11-16-2011, 05:52 PM	#1799
Rhianne Nearly done. Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Teetering on the edge. Posts: 1,134	Is it a cute li'l slug?

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