The Cray-2 was. This was the source for a lot of jokes, one of which was to refer to the machine as "Bubbles".
To grasp this, the Cray-2 required about 200kW of power to operate. IIRC, there were bus bars in the logic modules that provided 5VDC at around 2,000 amps! Dan On May 21, 2012, at 11:35 AM, Allan Streib <str...@cs.indiana.edu> wrote: > John Reames <jwrea...@comcast.net> writes: > >> IIRC, Seymour Cray (allegedly) stated that he wasn't a better computer >> designer, but that he was a better plumber. > > Literally... Crays were liquid-cooled, no? > > Allan > -- > 1983 300D > 1979 300SD > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
