Supercomputers, fishing for information

Christian Corti cc at informatik.uni-stuttgart.de
Mon Apr 3 14:07:42 CDT 2017


On Mon, 3 Apr 2017, Chuck Guzis wrote:
> I'm probably showing my age (again), but "QIC" and "Supercomputers" just
> seems to be about as related as "Chateau Margaux" and "Cheez Whiz".
>
> If one is spending millions on a supercomputer, why would anyone want to
> put software for it on a QIC cart?

Well, I have two larger boxes filled with QIC tapes for our former NEC 
SX-4 (the original SW distribution and all patches, updates, etc.).

Christian


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