26 Aug
2007
26 Aug
'07
3:10 p.m.
SIP wrote:
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Take Cray Supercomputers as a prime example. Seymour Cray built this fantastic supercomputer architecture, but didn't build any peripherals for it or even an operating system, assuming that, if people had the raw speed and power available, they'd be eager to use it even if they had to build their own hardware/software.
Yes, Seymour liked to code in machine language right from the console and the O/Ses for his machines developed 'organically' from the bottom up in general, but wouldn't you consider SCOPE, KRONOS, NOS etc. operating systems? And as for hardware, the CDC peripherals and Hyperchannel offerings seemed to be the best in the industry on Cray CPUs...
Regards,
Michael