Congrats on that amazing find. On Sat, Nov 10, 2018 at 5:24 PM Camiel Vanderhoeven via cctech < cct...@classiccmp.org> wrote:
> Hello everyone, > > > > A week ago, I took possession of a second Ardent Titan graphics > supercomputer, and unlike the other Titan, this one is almost complete. > There is one tiny bit missing, and that is a mouse pad. The mouse used with > this systems is a Mouse Systems M4 variant (M4Q), and it does not appear to > be a normal serial mouse. So, if anyone has one of those reflective > mousepads with a grid of fine blue and grey lines that they don’t need, I’d > be very happy to have it. > > > > I have tried to print my own mousepad, but the mouse only works in the y > direction on it. > there were 2 versions of that mousepad, and the symptom of using the wrong one was that the mouse would only move in one direction. There was another version of the print-it-yourself mouse pad that's essentially just white noise, have you tried that? > > > For those who want to know, the Titan is outfitted as follows: > > > > 2 x Titan P3 vector processors (using a MIPS R3000 for scalar operations) > > 2 x 64 MB main memory > > Extended G2 Graphics > > 3 Maxtor 760 MB disks > > QIC-120 tapedrive > > 19” trinitron monitor with stereo bezel and 3d glasses > > Keyboard, mouse, knob box > > > > Titan OS 4.2 installed (plus version 3.0, 4.1, and 4.2 installation tapes) > Dore, AVS, and PHIGS+ graphics environments > > Vectorizing FORTRAN compiler with LINPACK, EISPACK, and FFT libraries > > Matlab-Pro 3.5 (the Titan was the only computer ever that had Matlab as > part of its bundled programs) > > Biodesign Biograf 3.0 molecular modeling application > > > > All bits and pieces, and all software appears to work. > > > > Camiel > > > > > >
