Re: project BIG AppleCrate

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On Dec 29, 5:38 pm, "Michael J. Mahon" <mjma...@aol.com> wrote:

> BTW, a little off the subject, but closely related:  does anyone
> have any information about Vintage Computing's plan to build a
> 64-processor C=64 "AppleCrate"?  It seems not to have happened,
> but I'm curious about the status and origin of the project...


from
http://209.85.173.104/search?q=cache:_AjaZDVTQ4kJ:www.vintage.org/content.php%3Fid%3Dg21+c64+parallel+computer&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=2&gl=us

"Commodore 64 Parallel Super Computer Project


In 1999, the VCF envisioned connecting 64 Commodore 64 computers
together to form one massively parallel Commodore 64 Super-Computer.
The project has sputtered and stalled but the vision has never died.
So this, being the 20th anniversary of the launch of the Commodore 64,
makes it imperative that we finally deliver on this vow to do what no
normally sane group of individuals would waste their time on.
"

so year of origin looks to be 1999..

They want to "finally deliver" at VCF,

Commodore 64 Orchestra will be the first
to use it for music..

It sounds like it's been built or is in the
process of being built.