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Article: 14320 of comp.protocols.kermit.misc
From: "Douglas H. Quebbeman" <dougq@iglou.com>
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers,comp.protocols.kermit.misc
References: <bagsiu$6d7$1@watsol.cc.columbia.edu> <3eccc250$1_2@news.iglou.com> <baivhm$s2o$1@watsol.cc.columbia.edu>
Subject: Re: Columbia U Computing History - New stuff
Date: Thu, 22 May 2003 14:17:25 -0400
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Frank da Cruz wrote:
> In article <3eccc250$1_2@news.iglou.com>,
> Douglas H. Quebbeman <dougq@iglou.com> wrote:
>> Frank da Cruz wrote:
>>
>> [..snip..]
>>
>>> http://www.columbia.edu/acis/history/norc.html
>>> NORC, the first supercomputer, and the fastest computer on
>>> earth for about ten years (1954-63).
>>
>> IIRC, the term had not been coined and in usage prior to its
>> application to the CDC 6600, generally ackowledged as the
>> first supercomputer...
>>
>> Granted, it may well have been faster in relation to the
>> other hardware of the day to deserve the moniker, but it
>> still seems somewhat revisionist to apply the term to a
>> machine that early...
>>
> That's why I said "arguably" :-) I added a note just now to the NORC
> page explaining how the term can be applied, albeit retroactively, to
> NORC. As yet, the word "supercomputer" is not defined with great
> precision. For example, one paper I read claims it should not apply
> to "one-off" computers such as NORC, others disagree.
NORC is rather cool-looking though, with the glass cover panels
for the racks... nice touch for those days!
--�
-Douglas Hurst Quebbeman (dougq@iglou.com) [Call me "Doug"]
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