Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!sharkey!cfctech!teemc!mibte!mcf!shan From: shan@mcf.UUCP (Sharan Kalwani) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: A Recently Heard Story About Seymour Cray Keywords: Cray,Mackintosh,Mac,Design Message-ID: <1971@mcf.UUCP> Date: 17 Dec 88 16:08:01 GMT References: <90@stanton.TCC.COM> Reply-To: shan@mcf.UUCP (Sharan Kalwani) Organization: Temp Guest Account @ MCF Lines: 30 In article <90@stanton.TCC.COM> donegan@stanton.TCC.COM (Steven P. Donegan) writes: >I heard a story recently: >Seymour Cray called Apple and noted that he had heard Apple was using a Cray >to design future Mackintosh systems. >He informed Apple that he was using a Mackintosh to design future Cray's. >Truth or fiction, anyone know? Unfortunately I cannot comment whether this is truth or fiction. But it does make for an interesting story doesn't it? When I joined Cray Research Inc. I was shipped off to Mendota Heights, MN for software training. There we have a large number of Crays for various development actvities and there is also a visitors viewing gallery. Me, a fresh employee was kind of excited and so I went over there to check out them machines. Right in front of me was the Cray-2 and it was fascinating to see the liquid cooling mechanism and those modules sitting right in the bath, wtih an occasional bubble rising up across the glass panel. I turned to a colleague standing next me and remarked, "You know the Cray-2 gives new meaning to the term !" My friend immediately burst out in laughter and still cracks up when we talk about it. --shan .--------------------------------------------------------------------------. !Sharan Kalwani, UNICOS Site Analyst, Cray Research Inc. ! !e-mail: ! ! INTERNET: shan@hall.cray.com ! ! USENET: ...!uunet!cray.com!shan ! `--------------------------------------------------------------------------'