Re: Commodore 64 "super computer" ?

[Polymorph <polymorph69@hotmail.com>]

On Nov 23, 1:45 pm, aiiad...@gmail.com wrote:
> http://www.vintage.org/projects.php
>
> The Commodore 64 Parallel Super-Computer!
> The Vintage Computer Festival is planning to unveil the prototype of a
> massively parallel Commodore 64 supercomputer at VCF X. The hardware
> and networking design is being finalized and the drivers and software
> specifications are being developed. Currently, we are in need of
> sixteen Commodore 64 consoles for the initial prototype. These
> consoles should be fully functional (including the graphics and sound
> chips and all interface ports). All contributions will be acknowledged
> by naming each donated Commodore 64 node on the network in honor of
> the donor. Once the experimental 16-node cluster is debugged and fully
> functional, we'll seek to expand the system to the full sixty-four
> nodes. Those wishing to contribute to the project should send e-mail
> to v...@vintage.org.


Sounds like Michael needs to lash a few more //e crates together and
we could have a head-to-head challenge - C64 Supercomputer vs Apple //
e Supercrate.   :-)

cheers,
-p