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There was a third party frame buffer. Apple had one and used it to prototype advanced UX on their Cray.
by randomifcpfan 6y ago
There was a third party frame buffer. Apple had one and used it to prototype advanced UX on their Cray.
- kristianp 6y agoThat sounds like an interesting story. Do you have any further info about Apple using a Cray for prototyping?
- marcodiego 6y agoThere is an often cited quote from Seymour Cray when asked about Apple using Cray computers to design the next Apple: "That's interesting, because I'm designing the next Cray with an Apple!" https://wiki.c2.com/?AppleCrayComputer https://wiki.c2.com/?AppleCrayComputer
- jecel 6y agoSome people take this seriously, not realizing that Seymour was being sarcastic. He used pencil and paper to design his computers, not even an Apple II.
- watersb 6y agoThermal design, fluid dynamics. Apple said as much in advertising at the time, IIRC
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- tgorgolione 6y agoInterestingly enough, Jean-Louis Gassée briefly mentions something about using a Cray to develop what was to be an Apple-designed processor decades before it was fully realized https://mondaynote.com/joining-apple-40-years-ago-805114536a2 https://mondaynote.com/joining-apple-40-years-ago-805114536a... (See a little more than halfway through the article)
- jecel 6y agoFor those interested in the details of the cancelled Apple processor, here is the manual: https://archive.org/details/scorpius_architecture https://archive.org/details/scorpius_architecture