[ale] Linux on a supercomputer

[Fred Werginz]

Can 3 Pentium Pros really be called a "supercomputer"?  

Just wondering...

Fred.

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> From: Andrew Newton <lfs at eskimo.com>
> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiats <ale at cc.gatech.edu>
> Subject: [ale] Linux on a supercomputer
> Date: Wednesday, July 30, 1997 9:08 PM
> 
> A friend of mine just faxed me an article out of the
> latest Government Computer News (or whatever GCN
> stands for).  Anyway, there is an article in there
> about a NIST scientist that strung together 3
> Pentium Pros to create a "supercomputer" that can
> outperform a Connections Machine and Sparcstation
> 20.  The OS he uses to do it is Linux.
> 
> -- 
> Andrew Newton
> lfs at eskimo.com
> alnewton at automatedlogic.com
> http://www.eskimo.com/~lfs