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  1. September 2nd, 2000 10:30 PM #1
    warhorse
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    Cray on ebay... Who's got $35k handy?

    http://triblive.com/business/cray0902.html

    Come on, guys, 12 Teraflops? I can finally run Solitaire!
    It said "requires Windows 95 or better," so I installed Linux.
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  2. September 3rd, 2000 12:10 AM #2
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    Tetris...... yes just what I need for my fav game of all times

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  3. September 3rd, 2000 12:24 AM #3
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    What do i want that hunk o junk for my spectrum was faster 16 1 gigaflop processors

    hah!!!

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  4. September 3rd, 2000 01:50 AM #4
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    Nah, buy it to run SETI!

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  5. September 3rd, 2000 10:24 AM #5
    warhorse
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    Well letsee... each SETI unit requires 1.5 Teraflops.... so thats 8 WUs per second... nothing much
    It said "requires Windows 95 or better," so I installed Linux.
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  6. September 3rd, 2000 02:43 PM #6
    diablovision
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    It's not 12 Teraflops, crackheads. IBM's fastest supercomputer only manages 6, and this cray is 6 or more years old!
    "There are only two things that are infinite: the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
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  7. September 3rd, 2000 02:57 PM #7
    warhorse
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    Yea yea.. I can't read..UPS lost my hooked on phonics package
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  8. September 3rd, 2000 04:41 PM #8
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    And you'll need a massive watertower in your garden if your even want to think about OC'ing it, Or to even run if memory serves me correctly.

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    Fujitsu 230Mb IDE MO Drive
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    Cherry Keyboard with Credit card reader built in.
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    Sounds like a hovercraft at takeoff.

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    Celeron 433@487Mhz 6.5x75Mhz
    64Mb PC100 RAM
    PC Chips 726MRT with onboard Sound & Modem(Disabled)
    Matrox Millenium G400 16Mb
    Realtek 8029AS 10Mb NIC
    Fujitsu 13.2Gb IDE HD
    Fujitsu 230Mb IDE MO Drive
    BCD 40x IDE CD-ROM
    HP 7500+ IDE CD-RW
    Standard AT Keyboard
    MS Intellimouse Explorer USB
    USB Hub
    2 Wharfdale Linton 3XP HiFi Speakers
    EYE 920ATX Full Tower case
    5 Case fans
    1 Gel Air Freshner

    Sounds like a hovercraft at takeoff.

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