[vcf-midatlantic] Supercomputer is all set!

Evan Koblentz evan at vcfed.org
Thu Nov 8 09:20:55 EST 2018


>> Was this a system from DEC CSC?
I don't know: what is CSC?

>> When is it getting hooked up and running?
Not anytime soon. The best we can do short-term is display a portion of it
in the museum. We swalled a large meal; now we must digest it. :)

On Thu, Nov 8, 2018, 7:48 AM Brian Schenkenberger via vcf-midatlantic <
vcf-midatlantic at lists.vcfed.org wrote:

> Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic at lists.vcfed.org>
> writes:
> >
> >I sent this message a few hours ago but it bounced somehow:
> >
> >Ian, Bill I., and myself all unloaded the VAX 9000 this morning. Diver
> >Dan operated the forklift.
> >
> >A 28-foot trailer arrived here at 8am followed by another at 9am. There
> >were 13 pallets on the first trailer and 12 on the second.
> >
> >Somehow, the space that we made in the warehouse yesterday and
> >throughout the last few weeks was MORE than needed! We saved even more
> >space after the delivery because Ian found a way to consolidate five of
> >the new pallets onto others.
> >
> >Ian and I also discussed how to display at least part of the system in
> >the museum. The simplest thing we can do is put the Cray YMP-EL back
> >into storage and use the space for the 9000 main cabinet and maybe one
> >peripheral cabinet. Side benefit: it would better match the StorageTek
> >Timberwolf tape library than the Cray does.
> >
> >Here are some pictures:
> >
> >
> https://drive.google.com/file/d/1By6kUcofbhJfW6X3oMGOosStv85DPrpS/view?usp=sharing
> >
> >
> https://drive.google.com/file/d/1E-Q5xrsYXyjrZEZh92xIBhlStvvNUcRV/view?usp=sharing
> >
> >
> https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bEpSMzBEeOvuDnzPQ9Npc7iYmDhjZq8c/view?usp=sharing
> >
> >It took us a few pallets to get the hang of things this morning, but
> >once we got going then everything went pretty well. There were no
> >significant problems, just a couple of minor challenges that we solved
> >on-the-fly, and no people/computers suffered any harm -- except our
> >stomachs, which we cured with pizza.
> >
> >I can't wait to show this to you all in person at Festivus and beyond!
> >
> >Special thanks to our new best friends in Colorado and to the person who
> >funded the transportation.
>
> Was this a system from DEC CSC?
>
> When is it getting hooked up and running?
>
>


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