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It was the first network-available supercomputer, beating the Cray-1 by nearly 12 months.
by emersonrsantos 6y ago
It was the first network-available supercomputer, beating the Cray-1 by nearly 12 months.
- nigwil_ 6y agoThis map from Feb-1978 shows Illiac IV connected to ARPANET (top-left of diagram): https://i.imgur.com/7hSaVVf.png https://i.imgur.com/7hSaVVf.png By this time Illiac IV had been connected to ARPAnet since Nov-1975. The Illiac IV had various supporting systems: Burroughs B6700, DEC PDP-10 and PDP-11s. Map is from this document: https://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a482154.pdf https://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a482154.pdf