3 Aug
2001
3 Aug
'01
2:29 p.m.
On August 3, Heinz Wolter wrote:
Anybody see the Cray YMP-EL on ebay today?
The folklore goes that Woz walked into Cray's building and just asked
to buy a Cray. Much later Seymour was heard to comment that he
thought it was funny Apple used a Cray to design a Mac, since he
himself used a Mac to design the next generation Crays...
In the end, Apple didn't have a real use for the Cray, other than a nice
ornament, though some say it may have been bought and used to simulate
and design production tooling for some Apple products...
One of the photos in the Y/MP-EL sales literature is a simulation of
plastic distribution in an injection molding system. The molding is
clearly a front case component for an early Mac.
Still, if it is ~that~ - machine - it would be quite
a piece of history to
own...
Indeed.
There was a T-shirt that sold on ebay recently that
says:
"My other computer is a Cray"..;) Strangely enough, Apple did have
some deal with Cray to offer Macs as front ends to Crays...
Yes, I've always wanted one of those. :)
-Dave
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Dave McGuire
Laurel, MD