[comp.hypercube] FPS T-Series

andy@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu (Andy Pfiffer) (11/10/87)

[ I took this off the comp.arch group.  There have been rife
  rumors that FPS was at best moribund, if not comatose.  Andy
  had made some comments to that effect.  Since Trillium is
  an important for the growth of the "T", Cornell's commitment
  is certainly encouraging.

	Steve - the moderator
  PS.  I did not post the original because of its "rumor" nature. I
  have substantiated this one.
]

I recently made a posting in comp.arch with regards to the FPS T-Series.
The discussion first evolved from rumors about the demise of the T-Series.

Well, we've heard from FPS directly, and we can state:

	o FPS does have T-Series machines in-house for 
	  development (we had heard otherwise).

	o FPS does have potential buyers for the T-Series line.
	  (I had heard of their research grants and apparently
	   misinterpreted this and a few other snippets of information)

	o FPS has not stopped production on the system.

I find that to be good news.  Great news, in fact.  We here at Cornell
*want* FPS to be succesful.  We've put a lot of time and effort into our
T-Series, and would hate to see the machine (and FPS) disappear.  Natrually,
we would like our software to be successful as well.  We happen to think
the two make an impressive pair.  (We're anxious to try things out on
the T-200 at Los Alamos)

The machine as a whole has a lot of potential (and their next generation
machine even more).  We're trying to uncork that and let some of the
"brainy-types" around here get some real science done.

If we had anything at all to do with it, we'd like the machine to become
the greatest thing since sliced bread.

So much for rumors...


	Standing corrected,

	Andy