I had the pleasure of touring the Cray plant in Chippewa Falls and meeting the man himself, not too long after this talk. My expectations were that we would be

I had the pleasure of touring the Cray plant in Chippewa Falls and meeting the man himself, not too long after this talk. My expectations were that we would be on one side of a glass window and the computer would be on the other, but no - we walked right up to one that was being tested for delivery, serial #5 I believe it was. They were obviously proud of the cooling system - we were invited to put our hands on the side panels to see how cool it kept. The wire maze on the inside of the "C" was incredible, one trip would have caused an immeasurable amount of damage. Unfortunately we only met Seymour for a short time, obviously he was quite busy. Even more unfortunate is that I don't remember much of that meeting. The only tidbit I remember clearly is him pointing to a pumpkin on his desk. His daughter had grown it in the garden, and knowing he was already thinking about a Cray 2 machine decided it should be named the "Cray 3".