OT: Vintage Computers - CDC 6600

[Blacklord]

For a time the fastest machine in the world, Control Data Corporation's 6600 machine was designed by noted computer architect Seymour Cray. It retained its speed crown until 1969, when Cray designed his next supercomputer.

[Golan Klinger]

This is my favourite. It looks the way I pictured a computer looking when I was a boy. It's very 2001.

[swordfish1030]

Does Cray SuperComputers still make.. well super computers? I remember them when I was a kid much like your statement

[Golan Klinger]

Cray went down the tubes and their assets were purchased by SGI. Then SGI went down the tubes and someone else picked up the assets and they're back doing business as Cray Inc. You can learn more about Cray here or buy a copy of a really interesting book called The Supermen: The Story of Seymour Cray and the Technical Wizards Behind the Supercomputer.

[airship]

I used to have a picture of Cray on my wall at INFO. When he was designing new machines, he liked to go out in his backyard with a shovel and dig trenches. They say his backyard was always dug up. Now, that's MY kind of computer designer!

[RobertB]

I used to have a picture of Cray on my wall at INFO.

Tony at the Vintage Computer Festival usually has a vendor's table there, and he sells parts from Cray computers.

Truly,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group
http://videocam.net.au/fcug
The Other Group of Amigoids
http://www.calweb.com/~rabel1/

[swordfish1030]

I think a Cray nameplate off of a machine would be cool to own.

[hydrophilic]

I agree, very 2001-ish.  I'm guessing the two big circles are display screens?  Dual monitor aps from the '60s... wow!  Spaced so close together, they seem natural for developing steroscopic 3d images.  Reminds of a program for the C128 I wrote back in the day that did a simple 3d cube.  Not useful, and you had to wear the colored glasses, and it helped if you adjusted the hue on your monitor.

Wasn't there a game for the C64 that used such a 3d technique?  The name Blackhole comes to mind but I'm sure that's not it...