Top collectable machines

From: Douglas Quebbeman <dhquebbeman_at_theestopinalgroup.com>
Date: Fri Mar 8 06:55:26 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.
>
> Cool. I have one which I got from the University of Texas at Austin last
> summer. I believe that I owe it to a list member who sent me some cool
> hardware in exhange for it.

I may be confusing it with another firm, but I think
Bill Poduska founded Stardent after leaving Apollo...

-dq
Received on Fri Mar 08 2002 - 06:55:26 GMT

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