John W. Colby
jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com
Thu Mar 17 05:32:46 CST 2005
Gustav, I have no idea what the Cray mentioned is, I am simply pointing out that the PC of today is faster and has more power than the supercomputer of probably even a decade ago, but certainly of 2 decades ago.. John W. Colby www.ColbyConsulting.com Contribute your unused CPU cycles to a good cause: http://folding.stanford.edu/ -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gustav Brock Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2005 6:17 AM To: dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com Subject: RE: [dba-Tech] Cray (was: A petition for the developmentofunmanagedVBandVBA...) 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/ -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gustav Brock Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2005 5:41 AM To: dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Cray (was: A petition for the development ofunmanaged VBandVBA...) 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 _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com