In a message dated 11/9/01 5:42:51 PM, splicer_at_paroxysm.com writes:
>
>Probably because #499 on the list is a system with 226 PPC 604e
>chips.... I don't think Apple makes systems with more than two or four.
>If you mean, why doesn't Apple build one, I can't answer that except
>that they've only recently entered the club of companies with an OS
>that could even potentially handle that kind of hardware. Maybe now
>they'll start, but the way that Jobs talks I'd kind of doubt it.
>
>Interesting but useless idea: parallel processing for the Newton! Set
>up a Beowulf-type array of hundreds of Newts to chug out answers to
>really hard math problems! OK, it's a lousy idea, but it would be fun!
But how about just hooking up a 5-10 G4s in a parallel arrangement a la:
http://exodus.physics.ucla.edu/appleseed/appleseed.html
Cool eh?
William
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