NewzThe Museo de Historia de la Computación in Spain has unveiled a 1:1 scale visual replica of the 1976 Cray-1 supercomputer. The project, which took 18 months to complete, utilizes 30 Mac Minis from 2012 to power the system rather than contemporary high-end hardware.
This installation serves as a functional tribute to the iconic supercomputer, repurposing obsolete consumer technology to replicate the performance and physical presence of the original machine. The project highlights the evolution of computing power by demonstrating how legacy hardware can be leveraged to emulate historical systems.
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