3 Mar
2009
3 Mar
'09
9:04 p.m.
And there is this book:
The Architecture of Supercomputers: Titan, a Case Study
(Hardcover)http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0126430608
In my other career as a computer graphics guru I had one of these machines.
For
a while, at the back gate to the Johnson Space Center my little
consulting office was the gathering point, and we socialized around
this toy.
I used this and some robotics to essentially play a
phonograph record by looking at images of its surface. This was for a
oil well mechanical caliper that recorded its data on a Edison-like
metal cylinder to monitor corrosion. No electronics could survive this
environment of 300C so the engineers came up with this amazing
recorder. I built the playback machine.
I have fond memories late at night, just me and this machine, coding away.
Randy
From: rborsuk at colourfull.com
To: cctalk at classiccmp.org
Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2009 23:43:45 -0500
Subject: Re: Stardent - Kubota Pacfic - Tektronix
Interesting. Took some power googling but I found a pic
http://www.peekpoke.hr/index.php?cent=news&start=22
and naturally a wikipedia article
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stardent_Inc.
Cool stuff.
Rob
On Mar 3, 2009, at 10:29 PM, Michael Lee wrote:
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Hi,
I recently picked up in a lot of other stuff four DC600 tapes which
is an interesting mix. I have no idea what systems they are for,
maybe you do or have a need for such?
Stardent 2.2 Diagnostics
1989-Part #125-0023-06
Kubota Pacific Computer 2.5 Diagnostics
1992-Part #125-0023-11
An unlabeled Tektronics tape, and another unlabeled 3M one.
Mike
Rob Borsuk
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