Alliant: The SEL 840 computer
Eugene Miya
>>Now Alliant does have a news group.
In article <qNidnWJFC8yJ6lfZ...@comcast.com>,
Bill Pechter <pec...@pcp09822625pcs.eatntn01.nj.comcast.net> wrote:
>>>Yup... saw 'em a lot a BRL in the 86 timeframe when I worked briefly
>>>for Alliant in Field Service. Didn't realize how big they were
>>>until I saw them all over BRL back then.
>>
>>Ah Mike Muuss's turf. Hat off and bow head to Mike and BRL.
>>
>>>Had one Alliant at BRL I was the backup tech for... and a pile
>>>at AT&T Bell labs (about 6 or 8 FX/8's -- 68012 emulating boxes with
>> Ah, not 68008s, 2nd gen. FX/8s.
>
>Actually some were 68008 boxes that were upgraded IIRC.
I can believe that.
The 68008 IPs were pretty whimpy.
>Slick company but Convex killed 'em I think.
I think there is an Alliant tombstone in the back concrete at H-P Convex.
>The good thing about them was they tried to run unmodified DEC
>Fortran type code decks w/out any mods.
Alliant's HQ was just up the beltway from Marlborough.
So did Convex. But the Cray option (-cfc on Convex was smarter!).
>Well, at least they didn't have card readers on 'em.
That's the spirit!
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