>From what era is the Cyber 960 from? 1960's?
Is it considered a supercomputer (in it's day)?
-Chandra
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From: owner-classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org
[mailto:owner-classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Sellam Ismail
Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2001 6:16 PM
To: 'classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org'
Subject: Re: Fw: Control Data Cyber 960 rescue interest?
On Tue, 13 Nov 2001, Jeffrey S. Sharp wrote:
> On Tue, 13 Nov 2001, Sellam Ismail wrote:
>
> > Here's a picture of John at the console demonstrating the machine to
> > a group of us at the last VCF Europa:
>
> How big is it in total?
The processor section itself is the size of a pickup truck. The power
supply and some other component of the power system each take up a the
equivalent of a double cabinet rack. Then there's the multiple
washer-sized disk drives.
It takes up roughly 400sqft.
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer
Festival
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