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Working Cray-1 supercomputer replica packs 30 vintage Mac Minis and 1.5 TFLOPS

October 11

Spain’s Museo de Historia de la Computación unveiled its 18-month-long project to commemorate the 50th anniversary of both the Cray-1’s first operational use in Los Alamos and Apple’s founding.

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