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From: Psychomek
Subject: Re: Another grass pic
Date: 18 Feb 1999 04:25:21
Message: <36CBDC16.D0BCB280@cyberhighway.net>
Marc Schimmler wrote:

> Ken wrote:
> >
> > Concerning the Cray Y-MP * Is this the model number for the latest incarnation
> > of the Cray line ? I think I heard recently that the original company that
> > founded the Cray computer line disolved and was bought by a recognized computer
manufacturer. The
> > current methods of manufacturing this last model are so far
> > removed from the original design and purpose that the "Cray" name on the outside
> > of the box is more for name recognition than any real relationship to it's
> > former self.
> >
> > Is this - True ?
> >  Or
> > Is this - False ?
> >
>
> Well, Cray has been bought by SGI. Have a look at
>
> http://www.sgi.com/products/supercomputers.html
>
> I looks like the T90 is the front machine for vector processing now. If
> you arie into parallel computing the T3E should be your choice (some
> here in Stuttgart prefer the NEC SX-4 for it's different memory
> architecture). I don't know about the design changes but the FORTRAN
> code that worked on the older machines also worked on the newer ones.
>
> Still nice computers!
>
> Marc
> --
> Marc Schimmler

Considering that u can network crays together to get even more powerful computers have
about 30 T90s
put together and see what you get..... (EG) it would more than likely take longer to
download a pic via
a T1 connection than rendering!


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From: Marc Schimmler
Subject: Re: Another grass pic
Date: 18 Feb 1999 04:36:34
Message: <36CBDF21.4052CF06@ica.uni-stuttgart.de>
Psychomek wrote:
> 
> Considering that u can network crays together to get even more powerful computers
have about 30 T90s
> put together and see what you get..... (EG) it would more than likely take longer to
download a pic via
> a T1 connection than rendering!

Our University and the Pittsburgh Supercomputer Center combined their
T3E's in '96. I would've liked to do the Povbench then!! ;-)

I remember that the current leader for parallel architecture for the
PovBench is a T3E.

Sigh ...


Marc 
-- 
Marc Schimmler


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From: portelli
Subject: Re: Another grass pic
Date: 18 Feb 1999 12:31:17
Message: <36CC7A52.BF9159E0@pilot.msu.edu>
I know I saw it.  I was thinking of trying to upgrade it to 3.1.  And
use the windows version of PVM.  But that might too big of a projrct for
me.  Is 3.1 code for DOS out?

Thomas Willhalm wrote:
> 
> portelli <por### [at] pilotmsuedu> writes:
> 
> > Just need a port of povray to PVM or better yet s distributed network.
> 
> It's not the latest version of POV-Ray, but have a look at
> http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Lab/6386/pvmpov/index.html
> 
> > Then you need to know a bunch of people or habe tons of computers.
> 
> Mmmmh...
> http://hst33124.phys.uu.nl/~benndorf/clown/
> This event was real fun.
> 
> Thomas
> 
> --
> http://www.fmi.uni-konstanz.de/~willhalm


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From: Jon A  Cruz
Subject: Re: Another grass pic
Date: 19 Feb 1999 00:02:09
Message: <36CCF122.F9910569@geocities.com>
Yup. 3.1a is.
A newer version is just now going around on Compuserve, but I'm not sure about
DOS there.

portelli wrote:

> I know I saw it.  I was thinking of trying to upgrade it to 3.1.  And
> use the windows version of PVM.  But that might too big of a projrct for
> me.  Is 3.1 code for DOS out?
>
> Thomas Willhalm wrote:
> >
> > portelli <por### [at] pilotmsuedu> writes:
> >
> > > Just need a port of povray to PVM or better yet s distributed network.
> >
> > It's not the latest version of POV-Ray, but have a look at
> > http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Lab/6386/pvmpov/index.html
> >
> > > Then you need to know a bunch of people or habe tons of computers.
> >
> > Mmmmh...
> > http://hst33124.phys.uu.nl/~benndorf/clown/
> > This event was real fun.
> >
> > Thomas
> >
> > --
> > http://www.fmi.uni-konstanz.de/~willhalm


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