My group at NASA Ames was specifically tasked with pushing systems such as the Connection Machines, Intel Paragon, IBM SP-2 into (boring) production status. Ye

My group at NASA Ames was specifically tasked with pushing systems such as the Connection Machines, Intel Paragon, IBM SP-2 into (boring) production status. Yeah, that was a fun job. Also contentious, but hey, you want the drama. But it was noticed that a CM-5 was supposed to be visible in Jurassic Park, so by consensus we all trooped over to Shoreline Theater to investigate this. On the clock. That is team building that I can get behind. All of these systems were tres cool to marvel at. As a fresh out, I thought it was super cool that the Cray YMP had a big red switch, just like my home 386 box. And yep, attention was paid to the quality of the blinkenlights when important visitors were around.