11 Jan
1999
11 Jan
'99
9:56 p.m.
-----Original Message-----
From: Victor the Cleaner <jonathan(a)canuck.com>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu>
Date: Tuesday, 12 January 1999 19:51
Subject: supers
Not much to tell yet. It's a YMP-EL/98, the 8-cpu
version of the
air-cooled "baby's first Cray" series. It's been promised to us,
Congratulations. Fine catch. Just how big/fast is this thing?
but there's a certain amount of corporate
bureaucracy left to
clear.
Isn't there always? :^)
Whether participating in distributed crypto challenges
(like RC5)
qualifies as "unsavory" is yet to be determined.
Nah. I suppose some might think it "unsporting", but it's just
jealousy...:^)
At the moment, we know of two other machines of the
same family
that are now in private hands.
Well, at least you don't have to set a precedent.....
More news when we've got it.
Be very interested to hear how you get on. Especially if you get it
running.
Cheers
Geoff Roberts
Computer Systems Manager
Saint Marks College
Port Pirie South Australia.
My ICQ# is 1970476
Ph. 61-411-623-978 (Mobile)
61-8-8633-0619 (Home)
61-8-8633-8834 (Work-Direct)
61-8-8633-0104 (Fax)
12 Jan
12 Jan
5:54 a.m.
On Tue, 12 Jan 1999, Geoff Roberts wrote:
I don't think that's unsporting at all. With the latest and greatest
Pentium, all you have to do is plug a stupid little mini-tower into a wall
outlet. Victor and his gang will have to haul this huge behemoth home,
then figure out how to get the right power to it, then figure out how to
get the right cooling into it, then *pay* for that power and cooling to
run it, etc.
If anyone is audacious enough to take on such a challenge then they
deserve the advantage :)
Sellam Alternate e-mail: dastar(a)siconic.com
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Whether
participating in distributed crypto challenges (like RC5)
qualifies as "unsavory" is yet to be determined.
Nah. I suppose some might think it "unsporting", but it's just
jealousy...:^)
6:16 a.m.
On Tue, 12 Jan 1999, Sam Ismail wrote:
On Tue, 12 Jan 1999, Geoff Roberts wrote:
I don't think that's unsporting at all. With the latest and greatest
Pentium, all you have to do is plug a stupid little mini-tower into a wall
outlet. Victor and his gang will have to haul this huge behemoth home,
then figure out how to get the right power to it, then figure out how to
get the right cooling into it, then *pay* for that power and cooling to
run it, etc.
If anyone is audacious enough to take on such a challenge then they
deserve the advantage :)
Ok, upon reading further it seems that this is not quite the challenge
that I had imagined, but still, if they have to carry this up a flight of
steps or something then they deserve the advantage :)
Sellam Alternate e-mail: dastar(a)siconic.com
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Always being hassled by the man.
Coming in 1999: Vintage Computer Festival 3.0
See http://www.vintage.org/vcf for details!
[Last web site update: 12/27/98]
Whether
participating in distributed crypto challenges (like RC5)
qualifies as "unsavory" is yet to be determined.
Nah. I suppose some might think it "unsporting", but it's just
jealousy...:^) 
6:55 a.m.
I don't think that's unsporting at all. With
the latest and greatest
Pentium, all you have to do is plug a stupid little mini-tower into a wall
outlet.
And still get only a fraction of the speed of even a ca. 1976 Cray-1, let
alone a modernish Y/MP based system...
William Donzelli
william(a)ans.net
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