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"Before each bi-annual game, Jacobson arrived at the drab Dittler Brothers’ office at 5 a.m to observe their Omega III supercomputer making the McDonald’s prize
by dtf 8y ago
"Before each bi-annual game, Jacobson arrived at the drab Dittler Brothers’ office at 5 a.m to observe their Omega III supercomputer making the McDonald’s prize draw."
Does anyone know what the 'Omega III supercomputer' is?
- tonyarkles 8y agoIt's a trickier one to find information on! Apparently it was made by Control Data Corp in 1979+. I'll edit this comment if I find more... I'm curious too! Edit: It's pretty hard to find anything about it! Apparently the University of Georgia had one too, but I'm giving up now and getting back to work :) Edit 2: Apparently it was IBM (360?) compatible: https://it.unt.edu/sites/default/files/benchmarks-01-1980.pdf https://it.unt.edu/sites/default/files/benchmarks-01-1980.pd...
- dtf 8y agoGreat work! So I guess it's this CDC Omega / 480 Model III, as described in this March 1979 Computerworld? https://imgur.com/a/8TKIqNN https://imgur.com/a/8TKIqNN (edit: and here's a manual I found for the Model I. Does indeed sound like a System/360 compatible. http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/cdc/omega480/22291359A_OMEGA_480_Functional_Characteristics_May77.pdf http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/cdc/omega480/22291359A_OMEGA_48...)