Some machines transcend reproduction. https://www.computerhistory.org/revolution...

Takennickname · on July 4, 2023

Peak HN:

First comment: cool. I had experience with these.

Second comment: Where can I get one?

Third: I used this machine which has nothing to do with this conversation.

Fourth: Why would you use that machine when you can get a reproduction?

Fifth: You can't reproduce supercomputers.

I'm fairly certain at this point that the internet is just a bunch of people talking past each other.

cdchn · on July 3, 2023

You can have a desktop CM-1 if you'd like: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kROJoixSFDY

defrost · on July 3, 2023

Cute, but I'm not seeing 4,096 processors in a hypercube topology there .. just some blinkenlights :(

cdchn · on July 3, 2023

You can probably emulate that pretty easily with a Raspberry Pi, which contains a huge amount more processing power, but I guess I understand how its just "not the same".