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Speaking of bad-ass computers, the 7030 was surpassed in speed in 1964 by the CDC-6600, designed by Seymour Cray. It had incredibly cool-looking DUAL circular
by crispyambulance 7y ago
Speaking of bad-ass computers, the 7030 was surpassed in speed in 1964 by the CDC-6600, designed by Seymour Cray.
It had incredibly cool-looking DUAL circular displays and a minimalist console keyboard built into the table...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CDC_6600#/media/File:CDC_6600.jc.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CDC_6600#/media/File:CDC_6600....
- jacquesm 7y agoControl Data, or it will control you. Beautiful machine, impressive plumbing in the right hand side cabinet as well.
- watersb 7y agoFriend of mine was sysop on the CDC-6600 at University of Texas in Austin. He has some good stories. Says he learned how to create operating systems by hours of watching the data flow on those tubes.
- ncmncm 7y agoI programmed one of those in Wirth Pascal, as a freshman at Oregon State University in 1979. Then they retired it, installing a Honeywell running Multics. Then, they replaced that with a Vax 750. It was a step down in awesomeness each time. The most popular parts of the 6600, as souvenirs, were the smoked-glass cabinet doors.