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From: Sam Ismail <dastar_at_ncal.verio.com>
Date: Wed Jan 27 00:21:17 1999

On Mon, 25 Jan 1999, Max Eskin wrote:

> On Mon, 25 Jan 1999, Sam Ismail wrote:
> > Yes but we're using those for a VCF project.
>
> Using 80 C-64s in a single project? Heck, I'm curious...

Were basically in the preliminary feasibility study stages of building a
massively parallel vintage computer. The point? To demonstrate that old
hardware that can be picked up for pennies can be combined to attain
amazing amounts of computing power.

Hans Franke is the project leader. Currently we are talking about the
architecture of such a thing. The current wisdom from Hans is to use 1541
drives instead since they would be easier to network and are self-booting,
not to mention plentiful and cheap.

As we get closer to actually deciding to implement this I'll keep you
posted.

Sellam Alternate e-mail: dastar_at_siconic.com
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