Re: Important Computers (3rd generation)

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From: j... James Sterbenz
Date: Mon, 15 Oct 1990 20:49

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In article <26...@shamash.cdc.com> g...@hare.udev.cdc.com (gk chace) writes:

>It was the 8600 that was never completed.

Because it lost out to the STAR-100, But Seymore Cray left to form
Cray research (with Norris' blessing), and the 8600 ultimately became 
the Cray-1.

(And we all know which won in the field).



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