CDC 6600 - Why so awesome?

[Earl Baugh]

This thread reminded me that I recently got shipped what the person told me
was a CDC 6000 Central Memory core.
(it matches what's on this page :
http://www.museumwaalsdorp.nl/computer/en/6400hwac.html ).   He told me that
the console looked like this :
http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/people/gbell/craytalk/sld031.htm

I got it along with a box other parts (mostly Sun things) and a single
"plane" of core memory from another module.
(It connects the 6000 to the Sun 1's that I picked up in the past... some
interesting history...good "over a beer" stories :-) )

I'm coming to VCF MW this year so if there is interest, I can bring it
along...

Earl