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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 _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live? Groups: Create an online spot for your favorite groups to meet. http://windowslive.com/online/groups?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_groups_032009