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Re: Worlds fastest computer: Was <no subject>

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From: chip shop owner
Date: Thu, 26 Jun 1997 00:00
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that was sarcasm

quekky <que...@hotmail.com> wrote in article
<5ou5dv$lg...@inetgate.tp.ac.sg>...

> >is a supercomputer at Sandia National Labs (I believe they are still an
> >afilliate of Lockheed Martin) built around 9,200 PPro 200 CPU's.  It's
> capable
> >of 1.4 teraflops, and has yet to be matched by ANYTHING.  I doubt that
> >that will remain the case for long, but today that's the winner.  It's
> also
> >the only one of its kind that I know of.
> > According to rumour, it can boot Windows 95 in under a minute... ;)
> 
> WOW! that makes the 1400 MHz computer as fast as a 120 MHz computer,
> i can boot win95 in less than a min (just installed one)!
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From: "chip shop owner" <i...@biggun.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Worlds fastest computer: Was <no subject>
Date: 1997/06/26
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