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The Cray Computers felt like magic back in the day. A guy is making a replica. He had some issues finding the operating system and systems software but he ove
by ThinkBeat 6y ago
The Cray Computers felt like magic back in the day.
A guy is making a replica.
He had some issues finding the operating system and systems software but he overcame it
Persistence pays off.
I am sure it would be fun to part doom to it. Easier too since the new versions draws Considerable less power.
https://gigaom.com/2014/01/14/the-search-for-the-lost-cray-supercomputer-os/ https://gigaom.com/2014/01/14/the-search-for-the-lost-cray-s...
- arthurcolle 6y agoHow did he obtain the OS?
- ethbr0 6y agoPer TFL, "Andy Gelme, an Australian software developer who once worked for Cray. He too had a disk pack [containing the OS]." "For the greater part of the last year, [Tantos, a Microsoft electrical engineer] arduously reverse engineered the OS from the [corrupted / incomplete] image. Despite a few remaining bugs, the Cray OS now works."