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Article #576Re: Blinking lights on the Connection Machine
From: Thomas Lapp
Date: Tue, 02 Jan 1990 00:51
Date: Tue, 02 Jan 1990 00:51
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ta...@cs.rpi.edu (David C Lawrence) writes:
> In <1989Dec28.0...@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU> api...@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU
> (Pin...@Spikes.slo.ca.EDU) writes:
> > The way I heard it was that it was on public display from the front
> > reception area by way of a huge window. Upper management didn't
> > think it looked high tech enough, so they said to make some more
> > blinking lights.
>
> This story, true or not, is about an IBM 3090 not a Connection
> Machine. I am very much reminding myself of that game "Telephone"
I can understand this idea. We have a "bunch" of 3090 mainframes at
work, and the actual machines themselves are Boring. In fact, with
the a/c units around them, you can't even hear if they are running
or not unless you put your ear to the cabinet...
- tom
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Path: mbox-mo1.pugleaf.net!gmdzi!unido!mcsun!uunet!mailrus!uflorida!haven!udel!mvac23!thomas From: thomas@mvac23.UUCP (Thomas Lapp) Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: Blinking lights on the Connection Machine Message-ID: <133.UUL1.3#5131@mvac23.UUCP> Date: 2 Jan 90 00:51:36 GMT References: <2^F'7%@rpi.edu> Sender: use...@udel.EDU Reply-To: mvac23!tho...@udel.edu Organization: MultiVac23, Newark, DE, U.S.A. Lines: 26 Posted: Tue Jan 2 01:51:36 1990 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit