16 May
2011
16 May
'11
8:35 p.m.
A while ago, cray-cyber.org, which used to provide online access to
various classic CDC and Cray supercomputers went down so that the
owners could move the collection to a new home, with a note that
access to the supercomputers would become available again in late 2010
or early 2011. Now we're almost halfway through 2011 and things are
still down AND there's no word on what's up? Does anybody know what's
going on here? Is the only public access classic supercomputer cluster
in the world down for good?
Mike
17 May
17 May
3:36 a.m.
I found this on YouTube. John Zabolitsky appears in the video, representing the
Computermuseum Munchen. It looks to be a news
piece on the museum. Perhaps someone who speaks German can summarize
for the list.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ch8XnNOEsPE
--Bill
5:04 a.m.
On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 12:36:03AM -0700, William Maddox wrote:
I found this on YouTube. John Zabolitsky appears in
the video, representing the Computermuseum Munchen. It looks to be a news
piece on the museum. Perhaps someone who speaks German can summarize
for the list.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ch8XnNOEsPE
--Bill
My german isn't the best, but I'm pretty sure they say that the computer
museum in Munich will open in the summer of 2011. If this means that
they will start running the crays or not, I can't tell.
/P
5:30 a.m.
On Tue, 17 May 2011, Pontus Pihlgren wrote:
On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 12:36:03AM -0700, William
Maddox wrote:
Well, summarized they tell the story of the first computer bug. The museum
will (wants to) open this summer. I don't know why Focus Online has
several articles about Zabolitsky. I know other computer museums in
Germany that have been open for over 14 years. I think it's all a matter
of money and influence.
Christian
I found this on YouTube. John Zabolitsky
appears in the video, representing the Computermuseum Munchen. It looks to be a news
piece on the museum. Perhaps someone who speaks German can summarize
for the list.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ch8XnNOEsPE
My german isn't the best, but I'm pretty sure they say that the computer
museum in Munich will open in the summer of 2011. If this means that
they will start running the crays or not, I can't tell. 
6:56 a.m.
On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 08:35:17PM -0400, Michael Kerpan wrote:
A while ago, cray-cyber.org, which used to provide
online access to
various classic CDC and Cray supercomputers went down so that the
owners could move the collection to a new home, with a note that
access to the supercomputers would become available again in late 2010
or early 2011. Now we're almost halfway through 2011 and things are
still down AND there's no word on what's up? Does anybody know what's
going on here? Is the only public access classic supercomputer cluster
in the world down for good?
It's up:
david at bytemark:~$ date
Tue May 17 11:55:13 BST 2011
david at bytemark:~$ ssh david at login.cray-cyber.org
...
#############################################################################
# Welcome to the Cray-Cyber network #
# Our goal is to provide free access to supercomputers #
# As those supercomputers consume lots of power, they're only #
# turned on on some days - see the website for a timetable #
# #
# Have fun using the machines - your Cray-Cyber team #
# Website: http://www.cray-cyber.org E-Mail: mail at cray-cyber.org #
#############################################################################
Checking which machines are online...
1: yel.cray-cyber.org (Cray Y-MP EL)... no
2: cy960.cray-cyber.org (Cyber 960)... no
3: majestix.cray-cyber.org (Control Data 4680)... yes
4: o2000.cray-cyber.org (SGI Origin 2000)... no
5: e10k.cray-cyber.org (SUN Enterprise 10000)... yes
6: dtcyber.cray-cyber.org (Desktop Cyber)... yes
7: cdcnet.cray-cyber.org (CDCNET Device Interface)... yes
--
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fdisk format reinstall, it's the Windows way
8:43 a.m.
On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 6:56 AM, David Cantrell <david at cantrell.org.uk> wrote:
On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 08:35:17PM -0400, Michael
Kerpan wrote:
Very cool. It looks like they've just been too busy to update their site.
Mike
A while ago, cray-cyber.org, which used to
provide online access to
various classic CDC and Cray supercomputers went down so that the
owners could move the collection to a new home, with a note that
access to the supercomputers would become available again in late 2010
or early 2011. Now we're almost halfway through 2011 and things are
still down AND there's no word on what's up? Does anybody know what's
going on here? Is the only public access classic supercomputer cluster
in the world down for good?
It's up:
david at bytemark:~$ date
Tue May 17 11:55:13 BST 2011
david at bytemark:~$ ssh david at login.cray-cyber.org
...
#############################################################################
# ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Welcome to the Cray-Cyber network ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? #
# ? ? ? ? ? Our goal is to provide free access to supercomputers ? ? ? ? ? ?#
# ? ? ? ?As those supercomputers consume lots of power, they're only ? ? ? ?#
# ? ? ? ? turned on on some days - see the website for a timetable ? ? ? ? ?#
# ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? #
# ? ? ? ? ? ?Have fun using the machines - your Cray-Cyber team ? ? ? ? ? ? #
# ? Website: http://www.cray-cyber.org ? ? ? ?E-Mail: mail at cray-cyber.org ? #
#############################################################################
Checking which machines are online...
1: yel.cray-cyber.org (Cray Y-MP EL)... no
2: cy960.cray-cyber.org (Cyber 960)... no
3: majestix.cray-cyber.org (Control Data 4680)... yes
4: o2000.cray-cyber.org (SGI Origin 2000)... no
5: e10k.cray-cyber.org (SUN Enterprise 10000)... yes
6: dtcyber.cray-cyber.org (Desktop Cyber)... yes
7: cdcnet.cray-cyber.org (CDCNET Device Interface)... yes 
7:39 a.m.
This is what I received recently from them...
Hello Brian,
we are currently online with a CDDC 4680 (MIPS / EP/IX Machine) and a SUN
Enterprise10000.
The Cyber 960 is not ready for operation yet because of some cable-issues caused
by the move.
Regarding the Cray Y-MP EL we are working on bringing up the J90 as an
replacement.
Best regards
Frederik Meerwaldt
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To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Sent: Mon, May 16, 2011 8:35:17 PM
Subject: Cray-Cyber Down for the Count?
A while ago, cray-cyber.org, which used to provide online access to
various classic CDC and Cray supercomputers went down so that the
owners could move the collection to a new home, with a note that
access to the supercomputers would become available again in late 2010
or early 2011. Now we're almost halfway through 2011 and things are
still down AND there's no word on what's up? Does anybody know what's
going on here? Is the only public access classic supercomputer cluster
in the world down for good?
Mike
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