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Brad Blasing and the Cray Q2

Brad Blasing and the Cray Q2 / Cray 1 Supercomputers

In April 2005, Brad Blasing, of Network Computing Services, Inc, in Minneapolis Minnesota (formerly Minnesota Supercomputer Center) paid the DigiBarn a visit to tell the story of the Cray Q2 "single quad" (a prototype for the Cray 2) and the Cray 1 supercomputer. We are grateful to Brad for these valuable oral histories of this rare and previously little documented Cray and of his experience with Cray systems in general.

MP3 audio of Brad Blasing on the Cray Q2 and Cray 1 Supercomputers

Brad Blasing on Cray Q2

Brad Blasing on Cray 1 PDU and chassis/boards

Brad Blasing (more)

Brad Blasing (more)

Images of Brad and the Q2

Q2 on cart	Brad describing the Cray Q2 "single quad"	DSC03242.JPG
DSC03243.JPG	DSC03245.JPG	DSC03246.JPG
Flow plates	Power connectors	DSC03251.JPG
DSC03252.JPG	DSC03253.JPG	DSC03254.JPG
Roll her around to the back	DSC03256.JPG	DSC03257.JPG
DSC03258.JPG	DSC03259.JPG	DSC03260.JPG
Testing interface	DSC03262.JPG	DSC03264.JPG
DSC03268.JPG	DSC03269.JPG	DSC03270.JPG
DSC03283.JPG	One final photo

Images of Brad and the Cray 1 (#38, Lawrence Livermore Labs)

Brad and the Cray 1

DSC03276.JPG	About the Power Distribution Unit (PDU)	DSC03273.JPG
DSC03274.JPG	DSC03275.JPG	Cray 1 column (chassis)
You could feel the cooling	Heat plates	Freon cooling tubes

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See Also

See the Q2 at the Minnesota Supercomputer Center
(in 1986)

Our pages on the Cray 1 and Q2