Richard wrote: Well the ICL ones were early parallel machines (DAP = Distributed Array Processor if I remember right). We had one down at Kent uni, but by the early 90's all the serious parallel work was being done on the Meiko CS1 - I think the DAP was canned in 1994, and I'm not sure what happened to it :-( cheers Jules

Richard wrote: My memory's too fuzzy I'm afraid - I used to use the Meiko which replaced the DAP at uni (about 140 T800 processors I think - replaced in the mid 90's with a Parsys box that had a pile of T9000's inside). Google suggests that the original DAP was a 4096 array of single-bit processors, but I'm not convinced about that - I've got a hazy memory of a machine with about 40 processors, but that may have been something else! :-) (Kent uni seemed to be something of a UK centre for parallel computing research back then) Google also says that the DAP was an add-on for an ICL 2900 series mainframe. That is possible; there was a 2900 at Kent once although it was all gone by the time I was there; some notes I have found say that the DAP was using a Sun box as the front end in the early 90's. I'll have another dig around tomorrow as I'm sure I should have some background info on the machine *somewhere*... cheers Jules