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Article #385Re: What are people paying for when they by a supercomputer?
From: Samuel A. Fineberg
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 17:16
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 17:16
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In article <1992Nov18.095903.8190@meiko.com>, jim@canopus.meiko.co.uk (James Cownie) writes: |> In article <JET.92Nov17104503@boxer.nas.nasa.gov>, jet@boxer.nas.nasa.gov (J. Eric Townsend) writes: |> |> |> |> |> |> What a silly question. |> |> |> |> 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) |> |> -- |> James Cownie |> Meiko Limited |> 650 Aztec West |> Bristol BS12 4SD |> England |> |> Phone : +44 454 616171 |> FAX : +44 454 618188 |> E-Mail: jim@meiko.co.uk or jim@meiko.com Actually, the "Front panel visualization tool" is a tool that lets you see the blinking lights from a workstation. I don't know what name they give the lights themselves. They probably call them the Blinkium. Sam
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.super Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!stanford.edu!ames!data.nas.nasa.gov!win31.nas.nasa.gov!fineberg From: fineberg@win31.nas.nasa.gov (Samuel A. Fineberg) Subject: Re: What are people paying for when they by a supercomputer? References: <1992Nov15.201147.5302@athena.mit.edu> <46021@ogicse.ogi.edu> <JET.92Nov17104503@boxer.nas.nasa.gov> <1992Nov18.095903.8190@meiko.com> Sender: news@nas.nasa.gov (News Administrator) Organization: CSC, NASA Ames Research Center, NAS Division Date: Wed, 18 Nov 92 17:16:58 GMT Message-ID: <1992Nov18.171658.11722@nas.nasa.gov> Reply-To: fineberg@nas.nasa.gov Lines: 28