27 May
2010
27 May
'10
2:24 p.m.
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From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-
bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Dave McGuire
Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2010 10:31 AM
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Subject: Re: Cray-1 resurfaces in pieces on eBay * The Register
On 5/26/10 11:48 PM, Al Kossow wrote:
Especially by it's being an attached processor, nearly all Cray-1
software (save for things like libraries) would be specific to whatever
front-end system was in use. Further, much of it was purpose-built by
the people using the machines.
I'm wondering if Cray themselves (current incarnation) might still
have COS lying around on tape somewhere.
-Dave
--
Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL
A few years ago, I thought about buying a Y-MP on ePay. I worked in the same building as
the Cray Research office in Seattle, and asked them about software for non-commercial use.
They categorically shut me down. The license wasn't even available for money, I was
told. YMMV.... -- Ian
PS: I bought a VAX 6600 instead.
Did
anyone ever come up with an emulation of the Cray-1?
Someone was working on one.
The problem is there appears to be no software that has survived.