[rescue] San Antonio, TX area rescue

[Lionel Peterson]

Sorry to follow-up on my own post, but the answer is "Yes, CM-5s were
SPARC-based", per the following page:

http://csep1.phy.ornl.gov/cm5_guide/node3.html#SECTION00021000000000000000

Lionel

--- Lionel Peterson <lionel4287 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Were the CM-5s SPARC-based? I just finished a book (Out of Their
> Minds), and the interview with the founder mentioned that the
> Thinking
> Machines were based on commodity processors (as opposed to custom
> CPUs), and the last one (CM-5) was quoted as SPARC-based.
> 
> Just curious...
> 
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> Lionel
> 
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> Bill Gates, in "An OpenLetter to Hobbyists" dated February 3, 1976
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Lionel

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Bill Gates, in "An OpenLetter to Hobbyists" dated February 3, 1976
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