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  1. Simon Brooke @[email protected] ·

    @wakame While thinking about the Connection Machine -- which is for me one of the most inspirational designs in the history of computing -- let me share this wonderful story about Richard Feynman's involvement in the project.

    #Lisp
    #LispMachine
    #MassivelyParallel

    longnow.org/essays/richard-fey

    #massivelyparallel #lispmachine #lisp
  2. Ed S @[email protected] ·

    A look at the CM-2 external design at MOMA:
    youtube.com/watch?v=W24ItFdsL7

    And another look at the CPU board here:
    bunniestudios.com/blog/?p=4798

    And more:
    corestore.org/cm200.htm
    "a theoretical maximum configuration would consist of 65536 1-bit CPUs(!). The advance on previous models was the provision of one #Weitek floating-point unit for every 32 1-bit CPUs, and an increase in memory capacity. This machine is equipped with 16,384 CPUs."

    #ConnectionMachine
    #massivelyparallel
    #retrocomputing
    #lisp

    @qrs

    #lisp #retrocomputing #massivelyparallel #connectionmachine #weitek