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From: Bob Shannon <bshannon_at_tiac.net>
Date: Thu Mar 7 23:53:07 2002

Stardent was not a follow-on from Ardent.

Stardent made a graphics supercomputer with a fancy very wide data path between
the CPU and the graphics engine. Something like 512 bits wide...

My wife worked there. Stardent attempted to generate a market for a product
that did not already exist. Some were sold for scientific visualization and
other high-end uses. Quite a unique machine really...not your average
workstation at all.

"Merle K. Peirce" wrote:

> There are some pictures of our Ardent on the museum.com site. Stardent
> was the successor name It's a nice looking Unix box.
>
> On Thu, 7 Mar 2002, Ben Franchuk wrote:
>
> > Robin Lake wrote:
> > >
> > > So, is anyone interested in a couple of Stardent TITANs? LOTS of spare
> > > boards. Several monitors.
> > >
> > > Rob Lake
> > > lake_at_cwru.edu
> >
> > What is/was it?
> > --
> > Ben Franchuk - Dawn * 12/24 bit cpu *
> > www.jetnet.ab.ca/users/bfranchuk/index.html
> >
>
> M. K. Peirce
>
> Rhode Island Computer Museum, Inc.
> Shady Lea, Rhode Island
>
> "Casta est quam nemo rogavit."
>
> - Ovid
Received on Thu Mar 07 2002 - 23:53:07 GMT