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beachy on July 21, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: LGP-30 – A Drum Computer of Significance

Never heard of that, but the Cray-1 (not that I ever saw one) came with a magnificent circular seating arrangement around the machine itself https://www.computerhistory.org/revolution/supercomputers/10....

I can only imagine the rarefied conversations that would have taken place in such a setting.

YeGoblynQueenne on July 21, 2019 [–]

>> I can only imagine the rarefied conversations that would have taken place in such a setting.

Yes, me too. Typical conversations you hear in data centers:

Alice: "I ...aid the... is... ...misf..."

Bob: "WHAT DID YOU SAY?"

Alice: "I ...AID THE ... ERF... MEF... NAH!"

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