The Gigabooster parallel computer (1992) ran DEC Alpha processors (seven of them, visible below), for a performance of 1.6Gflops. With 1GB memory and 45GB HDD storage it was popular for sceintific applications and as a file server.
 

The Gigabooster parallel computer (1992) ran DEC Alpha processors (seven of them, visible below), for a performance of 1.6Gflops. With 1GB memory and 45GB HDD storage it was popular for sceintific applications and as a file server.

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Computer History Museum Photo Gallery: weird, fascinating photos including a giant Cray, and a 60Kg hard drive

25 Aug 2009  |  Comments

Zara Baxter toured the Computer History Museum in California, and took these fascinating photos, including a giant 27Kg hard drive, a Star Trek-like SAGE Air defence system, and other intriguing artifacts. Scroll down for the captions! Click to enlarge photos.
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