Anybody see the Cray YMP-EL on ebay today?
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1261228599
The seller claims that it was used at Apple to design the Mac...
The folklore goes that Woz walked into Cray's building and just asked
to buy a Cray. Much later Seymour was heard to comment that he
thought it was funny Apple used a Cray to design a Mac, since he
himself used a Mac to design the next generation Crays...
In the end, Apple didn't have a real use for the Cray, other than a nice
ornament, though some say it may have been bought and used to simulate
and design production tooling for some Apple products...
Still, if it is ~that~ - machine - it would be quite a piece of history to
own...
There was a T-shirt that sold on ebay recently that says:
"My other computer is a Cray"..;) Strangely enough, Apple did have
some deal with Cray to offer Macs as front ends to Crays...
Heinz
Received on Fri Aug 03 2001 - 14:09:52 BST