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From: jdm@h.cs.wvu.wvnet.edu (James D Mooney,205K,7,2913548)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.misc
Subject: Re: Connection Machine
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Date: 16 Aug 89 17:49:10 GMT
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From article <197@crash.cts.com>, by maddie@pnet01.cts.com (Tom Schenck):
> 
>    I was looking through a few of my back issues of Scietific American, and I
> noticed an article on the Connection Machine... I was wondering if anyone on
> the net has heard anything of this machine? It was apparently designed and
> built in the mid-1980's, and I haven't heard much else on it.

The Connection Machine has been a commercial product for several years.
There are at least two current models, CM-1 and CM-2, each with potentially
as many as 64K real processors.  For a fairly recent description see the
article by Tucker and Robertson in IEEE Computer Magazine, August 1988.

Recently an offer was posted on comp.parallel to provide internet access to
a CM-2 at Thinking Machines Corporation.  Accounts were being offered on
request; however, I requested one and was placed on a waiting list.  For
information contact David Ray (ray@think.com).
Jim Mooney				Dept. of Stat. & Computer Science
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