No, IIRC, on a Connection Machine, a light blinks when the corresponding CPU is active. A LED which is on or off means the CPU is idle. I am personally quite

No, IIRC, on a Connection Machine, a light blinks when the corresponding CPU is active. A LED which is on or off means the CPU is idle. I am personally quite convinced that they chose to do it this way because the way you describe it – the obvious way – did not look cool enough.