Cray-1: The Super Computer – cray-1 – Gizmodo

Seymour Cray’s big super computer was crazy. It’s signals between components had to be timed by trimming long cables up to 1/16th of an inch at a time by hand and was basically interwoven with a giant refrigeration system.

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Cray-1: The Super Computer – cray-1 – Gizmodo