Hi,
I have just rejoined this list (I have joined in the past but somehow
I was removed from the list earlier in the week).
Anyway the reason I am mailing is that I have just been given the
chance to take home a decomissioned Meiko CS2 from work.
It wask working upto a couple of weeks ago, but has recently been moved
and will not come back up again. The person who supervised the move
re-seated all the boards, but did not try and in depth investigation.
I am very positive that I will resurrect it. Hopefully I will be able
to take it away (software and manuals included).
For those who don't know about the Meiko - it is supposed to be a
massively parallel architecture based around SPARC processors, and
runs a modified version of Solaris.
I know that this is probably a bit recent to be classed as a classic
at the moment, however I believe it will become one in the future as
it is relatively rare, Meiko never produced that many, British, and
an interesting machine.
BTW the machine I am talking about is mentioned on meiko's website
at
http://www.meiko.co.uk/info/CorporateOverview.html.
Also don't get carried away by the story of the Lawrence Livermore
Labs having an 800 module (processor?) system, this is nowhere that
size.
--
Andy Leighton => andyl_at_azaal.dircon.co.uk
"... January is your third most common month for madness" - _Sarah Canary_
Received on Tue Jun 29 1999 - 16:25:36 BST