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The ps2 was "too powerful to export to Iraq because they could use it to control missiles" In reality, it was something about the encryption on the memory card
by idonotknowwhy 3y ago
The ps2 was "too powerful to export to Iraq because they could use it to control missiles"
In reality, it was something about the encryption on the memory cards lol
- alephnerd 3y agoPS2s were a controlled export because Iraq was under sanctions for Nuclear Weapons development, and creating a Beowulf cluster using PS2s was an efficient way to build HPC infrastructure when companies like Xillinx et al were barred from directly selling to Iraq. Example PS2 cluster btw - https://web.archive.org/web/20041120084657/http://arrakis.ncsa.uiuc.edu/ps2/ https://web.archive.org/web/20041120084657/http://arrakis.nc...