Cray used a variety of front ens, including DG Supernova. ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> on behalf of Grant Taylor <0000023065957af1-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> Sent: Wednesday, August 2, 2023 5:02 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Mainframe Makers.... WAS: Ars Technica: The IBM mainframe: How it runs and why it survives
On 8/2/23 10:35 AM, Allan Staller wrote: > My vague recollection of the CRAY was that is used (at the time) > a 370/158 to buffer up all of the data so the CRAY could run full tilt. That may very well have been a possibility. I read that the CRAY used a CDC mainframe a it's front end for this purpose. But I would not be at all surprised if an IBM mainframe could function equivalently. -- Grant. . . . ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
