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The Rise and Fall of the Cray Supercomputer (www.youtube.com)
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[–] TimeSquirrel@kbin.melroy.org 11 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Who else first saw/read about these in Jurassic Park?

[–] Snowpix@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 years ago

I believe I first heard of these in an Alex Rider book. Forget which one.

[–] 0x0@programming.dev 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

~~Hmmm... Hackers maybe?~~

No, those were Gisbon.

[–] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago

maybe, but also I visited one at the computing museum in Georgia. More pcs should have a communal bench attached

[–] AllYourSmurf@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

I first worked on one in a summer thing between high school and college - before Jurassic Park. That experience is what originally got me interested in the Internet.