Re: Chipsandcheese article on the CDC6600

On Sun, 21 Jul 2024 22:01:59 +0000, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

On Sun, 21 Jul 2024 07:35:55 -0600, John Savard wrote:
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That bit at the end, about how the world  would need maybe only ten
computers, because the 6600 is so powerful, and out-of-order machines
running at 5 GHz would never be needed, of course, is the funny part...

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Also a dig at IBM, from whose (early) boss (Watson Sr?) the quote about
the world only needing ten computers is supposed to have originated.
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The 6600 (and its siblings) also popularized the term “supercomputer”.
When people at the time thought “computer”, they thought “IBM”. But here
was a machine that was so far ahead in performance, it left IBM (and
everybody else) in the dust.

I
IBM CEO said something to the effect:: How can a team of 24 people,
including the janitor, beat IBM ??