[rescue] Cheapest Cray?

[Dave McGuire]

On Apr 27, 2004, at 7:03 AM, Jonathan C. Patschke wrote:
>> DON'T TOUCH THE WIRES!
>> --> http://static.cray-cyber.org/General/LARGE/Cyber_860_Backplane.JPG
>
> You'd think after spending $bigBucks on $bigBox, CDC could deliver some
> fscking cable-management.

   That part of it is a Seymour Cray design.  Those wires are 
length-adjusted for signal skew, and they're normally locked up inside 
the chassis of the machine anyway.  Did you get a chance to see the 
backplane of my pdp11/70 while you were here?

         -Dave

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Dave McGuire          "PC users only know two 'solutions'...
Cape Coral, FL          reboot and upgrade."    -Jonathan Patschke