A Cray-1 could use a CDC, or an IBM, or a VAX, and possibly others as front end processors. One cow orker in the dim recesses of my past had worked on the IBM Cray Station software before she went to work where I was.
On Wed, Aug 2, 2023 at 4:02 PM Grant Taylor < 0000023065957af1-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > On 8/2/23 10:35 AM, Allan Staller wrote: > > My vague recollection of the CRAY was that is used (at the time) > > a 370/158 to buffer up all of the data so the CRAY could run full tilt. > > That may very well have been a possibility. > > I read that the CRAY used a CDC mainframe a it's front end for this > purpose. > > But I would not be at all surprised if an IBM mainframe could function > equivalently. > > > > -- > Grant. . . . > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- Jay Maynard ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
