Cyber205 was RE: Ebay horror ...

From: Douglas Quebbeman <dhquebbeman_at_theestopinalgroup.com>
Date: Tue Jun 12 11:24:31 2001

> On June 12, Douglas Quebbeman wrote:
> > I just read it last night, but can't find the reference;
> > but the Cyber 205 was the final evolution of the CDC 7600
> > machine. Its peripheral processors were true, individual
> > processors, as opposed to the 6600's single multi-threaded
> > PP (one processor with multiple contexts).
>
> I beg to differ here...The design of the 205 was based on the design
> of the Star 100, which predates even the 6600. I'm sure there was
> some cross-pollenation of ideas and such (being the same company and
> all) but they are different computers entirely.

My corrected ost will have arrived about 15 minutes before
you see this reply...

This mailing list is entirely too slow. I need to be able to
post a correction to myself before everyone else does!

;-)
Received on Tue Jun 12 2001 - 11:24:31 BST