> From what era is the Cyber 960 from? 1960's?
> Is it considered a supercomputer (in it's day)?
Its primary architecture dates from the early 1960s. That
was the 60-bit architecture designed by Seymour Cray. But
this model also implements a virtual-mode in which the CPU
operates in 64-bit mode.
The 960 was a machine of mid-1980s manufacture; they were
being sold through the early 1990s.
Tidbit: "The Cyber 960 and all its peripherals took up approximately
1,800 square feet of space and required over 20 tons of air
conditioning to keep cool."
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http://www.csustan.edu/oit/banner/cyber.html
The Georgia machine:
http://www.usg.edu/oiit/pubs/update/spring2000/article5.html
GIT was still running PLATO as recently as 1990, but was
considering migration to NovaNET.
Received on Wed Nov 14 2001 - 13:39:23 GMT