On Wed, 30 Apr 1997, Brett wrote:
This would be
attractive to Cray. But isn't Cray gone now?
Are they? Was that recent? Who is supporting the hardware/software now?
I believe they folded and were swallowed up by some other company.
Someone correct me here.
Mini's
made them accessible to businesses, etc. But micro's made
computing power accessible to just about anyone. They would be the
systems that people would most readily identify with. I think as long
as we have a mix of all the different platforms, it will be a show for
all.
Kidding aside, have you thought about the layout of the show? Are you
going to try a "Trip Throught Time" style (linear) with the oldest up
front and then walk thru to the present? Are you going to try a *cross*
with seperate arms Minis down one way 65/68 stuff down another and Intel
down the long one and the *selected* machine at the top? Or aren't you
thinking that far ahead yet?
I haven't started on the actual planning yet. I plan on sitting down and
planning it in a month or so. First I have a wedding to deal with :)
Sam
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