7 Mar
2002
7 Mar
'02
11:51 p.m.
It was my understanding that Stardent was the result of a merger between
Ardebnt (nee Dana) and Stellar.
On Fri, 8 Mar 2002, Bob Shannon wrote:
Stardent was not a follow-on from Ardent.
Stardent made a graphics supercomputer with a fancy very wide data path between
the CPU and the graphics engine. Something like 512 bits wide...
My wife worked there. Stardent attempted to generate a market for a product
that did not already exist. Some were sold for scientific visualization and
other high-end uses. Quite a unique machine really...not your average
workstation at all.
"Merle K. Peirce" wrote:
M. K. Peirce
Rhode Island Computer Museum, Inc.
Shady Lea, Rhode Island
"Casta est quam nemo rogavit."
- Ovid
There are some pictures of our Ardent on the
museum.com site. Stardent
was the successor name It's a nice looking Unix box.
On Thu, 7 Mar 2002, Ben Franchuk wrote:
Robin Lake wrote:
M. K. Peirce
Rhode Island Computer Museum, Inc.
Shady Lea, Rhode Island
"Casta est quam nemo rogavit."
- Ovid
So, is anyone interested in a couple of Stardent TITANs? LOTS of spare
boards. Several monitors.
Rob Lake
lake(a)cwru.edu
What is/was it?
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