Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!rutgers!caip.rutgers.edu!aramis.rutgers.edu!porthos.rutgers.edu!webber From: webber@porthos.rutgers.edu (Bob Webber) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: Cray architecture Message-ID: Date: 28 Mar 88 05:16:25 GMT References: <7762@alice.UUCP> <418@ole.UUCP> <3216@phri.UUCP> <1574@osiris.UUCP> Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J. Lines: 17 In article <1574@osiris.UUCP>, mjr@osiris.UUCP (Marcus J. Ranum) writes: > In article <3216@phri.UUCP> roy@phri.UUCP (Roy Smith) writes: < > > > There seems to be a lot of concern about the shape of the box the < >Cray-3 comes in. Maybe, now with Chen gone, Cray's next computer architect > >should be I.M. Pei? < > Seriously - Computers are too hung up on the "Machine Image" - these < big high-tech looking towers. C'mon - for X-Megabucks, I want Art Deco ! I want > pastel shades ! I want pretty moldings and delicate filigree ! Upholstery ! < Chrome ! Actually I prefer the Rube Goldberg look. The amount of time I have had to wait while Sun tries to make the TAAC board inconspicuous makes one wonder just what their priorities are anyway. ---- BOB (webber@athos.rutgers.edu ; rutgers!athos.rutgers.edu!webber)