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  1. Xref: sparky comp.parallel:2751 comp.arch:11692
  2. Newsgroups: comp.parallel,comp.arch
  3. Path: sparky!uunet!europa.asd.contel.com!emory!swrinde!sdd.hp.com!ncr-sd!ncrcae!hubcap!fpst
  4. From: gottlieb@allan.ultra.nyu.edu (Allan Gottlieb)
  5. Subject: Re: BBN Monarch
  6. In-Reply-To: wilson@moonshine.llnl.gov's message of Mon, 14 Dec 1992 19:04:04 GMT
  7. Message-ID: <1992Dec16.134859.20701@hubcap.clemson.edu>
  8. Sender: fpst@hubcap.clemson.edu (Steve Stevenson)
  9. Nntp-Posting-Host: allan.ultra.nyu.edu
  10. Organization: New York University, Ultracomputer project
  11. References: <1992Dec11.181240.23734@hubcap.clemson.edu>
  12.     <1992Dec15.134558.7762@hubcap.clemson.edu>
  13. Date: 15 Dec 92 16:45:26
  14. Approved: parallel@hubcap.clemson.edu
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  17. In article <1992Dec15.134558.7762@hubcap.clemson.edu> wilson@moonshine.llnl.gov (Mike Wilson ) writes:
  18.  
  19.    johnsson@cs.chalmers.se (Thomas Johnsson) writes:
  20.  
  21.    >Whatever happened to the BBN Monarch, the (supposedly) massively parallel
  22.    >shared memory multiprocessor?
  23.    >-- Thomas Johnsson
  24.  
  25.    If you mean the TC2000, we are still using ours.
  26.  
  27. No the Monarch was different.  Bit serial network interface, MANY
  28. processors.  It was viewed as having a research component unlike the
  29. TC2000, which was planned as a product.  (The second sentence is
  30. somewhat speculation on my part)
  31.  
  32. Allan Gottlieb
  33.  
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