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Re: What are people paying for when they by a supercomputer?

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From: James Cownie
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 09:59
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In article <JET.92Nov17104503@boxer.nas.nasa.gov>, jet@boxer.nas.nasa.gov (J. Eric Townsend) writes:
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|> What a silly question.
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|> Blinking lights.  Lots and lots of blinking lights.   well, if one
|> buys a massively parallel supercomputer, one gets blinking lights.

You have the wrong technical term here. Those aren't blinking lights, 
they're the "Front panel visualization tool" (Page 6 Intel Paragon 
Supercomputer glossy : order no 203/6/92/10K/GA)

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Subject: Re: What are people paying for when they by a supercomputer?
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