Re: Convex C220 lives

2017-09-19 Thread Camiel Vanderhoeven via cctech
On 9/19/17, 1:30 AM, "cctech on behalf of Randy Dawson via cctech" wrote: >Hi Carmiel, > > >What did you do with the Ardent (Stardent). > > >That's where all your great benchmark demos are. The Dore' system, the >'Flag' demo. >

Re: Convex C220 lives

2017-09-19 Thread Randy Dawson via cctech
lt;cctech@classiccmp.org> Sent: Monday, September 18, 2017 12:02 PM To: camiel.vanderhoe...@vmssoftware.com; cctech@classiccmp.org Subject: RE: Convex C220 lives Hi Camiel, Nice to hear that you have the Convex C220 up and running. Regarding things to run on it, starting with LINPACK is probably

Re: Convex C220 lives

2017-09-18 Thread Camiel Vanderhoeven via cctech
On 9/18/17, 3:02 PM, "Peter Allan" wrote: > Hi Camiel, > > Nice to hear that you have the Convex C220 up and running. > > Regarding things to run on it, starting with LINPACK is probably a good idea. > However, in term of what they were actually used for back in the

RE: Convex C220 lives

2017-09-18 Thread Peter Allan via cctech
Hi Camiel, Nice to hear that you have the Convex C220 up and running. Regarding things to run on it, starting with LINPACK is probably a good idea. However, in term of what they were actually used for back in the 1980's, I know that they were popular with the radio astronomy community, starting

Re: Convex C220 lives

2017-09-13 Thread Laurens Vets via cctech
On 2017-09-12 06:15, Camiel Vanderhoeven wrote: On 9/12/17, 3:09 PM, "Laurens Vets" wrote: On 2017-09-11 22:16, Camiel Vanderhoeven via cctech wrote: On 9/12/17, 2:04 AM, "Laurens Vets" wrote: There's something seriously wrong with your site

Re: Convex C220 lives

2017-09-13 Thread jim stephens via cctech
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Re: Convex C220 lives

2017-09-13 Thread Curious Marc via cctech
Awesome work! Congratulations! Marc On Sep 11, 2017, at 8:47 AM, Camiel Vanderhoeven via cctech wrote: For a change, rather than a request for help, here¹s a success story: I managed to bring a Convex C220 (dual vector CPU mini supercomputer from 1988) back to life. Both

Re: Convex C220 lives

2017-09-12 Thread Camiel Vanderhoeven via cctech
On 9/12/17, 6:54 PM, "Laurens Vets" wrote: >On 2017-09-12 06:15, Camiel Vanderhoeven wrote: >> On 9/12/17, 3:09 PM, "Laurens Vets" wrote: >> >> >>> On 2017-09-11 22:16, Camiel Vanderhoeven via cctech wrote: On 9/12/17, 2:04 AM, "Laurens Vets"

Re: Convex C220 lives

2017-09-12 Thread Laurens Vets via cctech
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Re: Convex C220 lives

2017-09-12 Thread Mike Stein via cctech
- Original Message - From: "Camiel Vanderhoeven via cctech" <cctech@classiccmp.org> To: "Laurens Vets" <laur...@daemon.be>; "General Discussion: On-Topic Posts" <cctech@classiccmp.org> Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2017 9:15 AM Subj

Re: Convex C220 lives

2017-09-12 Thread Camiel Vanderhoeven via cctech
On 9/12/17, 3:09 PM, "Laurens Vets" wrote: >On 2017-09-11 22:16, Camiel Vanderhoeven via cctech wrote: >> On 9/12/17, 2:04 AM, "Laurens Vets" wrote: >> >> >>> There's something seriously wrong with your site >>>

Re: Convex C220 lives

2017-09-12 Thread Douglas Taylor via cctech
On 9/11/2017 2:15 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctech wrote: On 09/11/2017 08:47 AM, Camiel Vanderhoeven via cctalk wrote: Now I¹m looking for some FORTRAN code that would typically have run on this kind of computer so I can show people what this kind of system was used for. Congratulations! I'd

Re: Convex C220 lives

2017-09-12 Thread Rob Doyle via cctech
On 9/11/2017 8:47 AM, Camiel Vanderhoeven via cctech wrote: Now I¹m looking for some FORTRAN code that would typically have run on this kind of computer so I can show people what this kind of system was used for. Berkeley SPICE Rob

Re: Convex C220 lives

2017-09-11 Thread Camiel Vanderhoeven via cctech
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Re: Convex C220 lives

2017-09-11 Thread Laurens Vets via cctech
On 2017-09-11 08:47, Camiel Vanderhoeven via cctech wrote: For a change, rather than a request for help, here¹s a success story: I managed to bring a Convex C220 (dual vector CPU mini supercomputer from 1988) back to life. Both CPUs are working, but I¹m running with a single CPU because of the

Re: Convex C220 lives

2017-09-11 Thread Holm Tiffe via cctech
Camiel Vanderhoeven via cctech wrote: > For a change, rather than a request for help, here¹s a success story: I > managed to bring a Convex C220 (dual vector CPU mini supercomputer from > 1988) back to life. Both CPUs are working, but I¹m running with a single > CPU because of the power it draws

Re: Convex C220 lives

2017-09-11 Thread ethan--- via cctech
managed to bring a Convex C220 (dual vector CPU mini supercomputer from 1988) back to life. Both CPUs are working, but I¹m running with a single CPU because of the power it draws with two CPUs. Next challenges: the Convex C1, and quad vector processor C240 (not before I¹ve upgraded the power

Re: Convex C220 lives

2017-09-11 Thread Ian S. King via cctech
On Mon, Sep 11, 2017 at 8:47 AM, Camiel Vanderhoeven via cctech < cctech@classiccmp.org> wrote: > For a change, rather than a request for help, here¹s a success story: I > managed to bring a Convex C220 (dual vector CPU mini supercomputer from > 1988) back to life. Both CPUs are working, but I¹m