[SunRescue] Can someone tell me what I just bought please?

[DaveMcGuiremcguire at neurotica.com]

On September 17, Jonathan Katz wrote:
> Dave wrote:
> 
> :> Well, there's only one *truly large* sparc machine. Anyone else here
> :> have the pleasure of seeing a CM5 up-close? Ahhhhh......
> :
> :The frustrating part: I know a guy who has one in his garage, and he
> :won't part with it!  Time to send him another "tired of it yet?" email...
> 
> Build your own? SS2s are dirt cheap... all you need are 96 of 'em and
> a lot of blinking lights :)

  Nah...I wouldn't touch one with less than about 256 processors.
That's a little more difficult to do with SS2s.

   -Dave McGuire