On 5 Dec 2009 at 10:41, Fred Cisin wrote: Ah, I remember Saxpy Computer Corporation to be in the same vein as Alliant and Sequent etc. A little different than the SEL/Gould processors but not too much (somewhere I have a "Firebreathers from Gould" button, must be 1986? 87?), and probably closer to the bolt-on vector coprocessors. But no, other than hearing their sales pitches never saw one. I'm not sure I knew any labs that bought one. OTOH Alliant and Sequent got into lots of engineering labs and even schools in that time frame. Tim.