[dba-Tech] Cray (was: A petition for the development ofunmanagedVBandVBA...)

Hi John

Thanks. 
So this is a museum thing (which of course is interesting but in
another context)?
I noticed the specs: 1 CPU and 1 GB ram ...

/gustav

>>> jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com 03/17 11:52 am >>>
You log in to a supercomputer every time you turn on your computer.  In
1982
a Vax mini had a processor clock in the tens of megahertz and a couple
of
megabytes of RAM.  The supercomputers of the day (I worked on
mini-supers)
had clocks in the hundreds of megahertz range and had tens to hundreds
of
megabytes of memory.  Your pitiful PC today has a processor way faster
than
the supercomputers of 1980 and as much to 10 or more times as much
memory.

Of course you have Windows sucking up the CPU cycles and memory.  ;-)

John W. Colby
www.ColbyConsulting.com 

Contribute your unused CPU cycles to a good cause:
http://folding.stanford.edu/ 

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Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Cray (was: A petition for the development
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Hi Marty

Great! Never tried to login to a supercomputer before.
What can we use if for? 

/gustav

>>> martyconnelly at shaw.ca 03/17 9:07 am >>>
You think I am kidding about my own Cray
Well it is just Cray Y-MP EL
To get in

telnet login.cray-cyber.org

at login user guest password guest

For more info
http://www.cray-cyber.org/access/index.php