mike@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG (Mike Smithwick) (02/21/91)
["Contains no fatty acids"] I just got my new Cray Y-MP emulator from Readysoft, the CrayMax II. It comes in a small tastfully colored enclosure that can sit comfortably in another room (best, an unused room). Put a fan on the top and it doubles as a forced-air heating system. Now I can finally run all that great Cray pd software that's floating around on the "CrayFish" disks. It comes complete with file transfer software (you supply the winchesters), interfaces and a detailed 3 page manual. Now I can finally run BLAZEMONGER III that way it was designed. The CrayMax cost only $12 million. For an additional $100K/year ReadySoft will supply you your very own support person (you provide room and board), ready to format your disks, change the coolant, or do your shopping. The file transfer software still seems to have some bugs. You have to break up the Cray files across standard Amiga disks. I was transferring a 3.5 G Fluid Dynamics file, and after filling up the 2758th floppy I found out that it will handle files no larger than 2.2 G and lost the transfer. Good thing BLAZEMONGER III is only 1.3 G (lotta sound files). mike -- "outside of a dog, a book is mans best friend, inside a dog, it's too dark to read"-Groucho Mike Smithwick - ames!zorch!mike
n368bq@tamuts.tamu.edu (Raoul Rodriguez) (02/22/91)
Hmmmmm, big Cray emulator.... you must have the .0009000001 beta version, becuase mine is about 2inches by 2 inches by 2 inches (hmmm a small cube, I wonder if they are working on a NeXT emulator...), but they have recently downsized again with the Cray Z-MP microdot (that installs on any avaliable joystick), and they came down in price, all mine cost me was $19.95 or a number #1 G.I. Joe comic book.... Raoul BLAZEMONGER EXTRODONARE (I finished BM MCM last night) Rodriguez .