This interesting TV Program from 1987 The Computer Chronicles – Super Computers Episode Has information about NASA Ames Cray-2 and Los Alamos C1 & XMP. Shows the systems in there working environment along with explanations as to how the Cray systems are advancing science. About 30 Minutes – First part on NAS Ames Cray 2 then onto …
Musée Bolo Located in Lausanne Switzerland This museum has the Cray machines that were previously in service at site EPFL. Including a Cray-1, Cray-XMP, Cray-2 and T3D. These photos from an exhibition in 2022 after the restoration using materials from the original maker Naugahyde. “The Cray X-MP/48, once used at CERN, as well as the Cray-1S, the …
This cautionary tale of how a USD10 million Cray machine was built but never delivered due to regulatory delay. Turns out it was not super-computers but more likely to be a rogue scientist that let the nuke secrets out the flask. From Wikipedia: “In 2004, the Pakistani metallurgist Abdul Qadeer Khan, a key figure in …
Delayed delivery obsoleted a Cray XMP-EA SN1205 before delivery. Read More »
What are the Cray Research connections with Apple Computers ? Cray XMP/48 with Apple SE inside (c)1987 John Greenleigh Cray Research and Apple Computers, seemly at opposite ends of the computer price spectrum, do have some subtle historical links. It is well known that Seymour Cray used an Apple desktop when designing Cray Computer Corp machines. …
