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    From Thomas Koenig@tkoenig@netcologne.de to comp.arch on Tue Mar 31 19:28:28 2026
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    Seems the US mint is putting out a $1 coin honoring the Cray-I
    supercomputer, it seems. Not bad (and much better than
    the one of Steve Jobs sitting around somewhere).
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  • From MitchAlsup@user5857@newsgrouper.org.invalid to comp.arch on Wed Apr 1 00:52:32 2026
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    Thomas Koenig <tkoenig@netcologne.de> posted:

    Seems the US mint is putting out a $1 coin honoring the Cray-I
    supercomputer, it seems. Not bad (and much better than
    the one of Steve Jobs sitting around somewhere).

    There is no such thing as a CRAY-I, there is only the CRAY-1
    I pronounced Aye
    1 pronounced One
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  • From Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOliveiro?=@ldo@nz.invalid to comp.arch on Wed Apr 1 01:30:20 2026
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    On Wed, 01 Apr 2026 00:52:32 GMT, MitchAlsup wrote:

    Thomas Koenig <tkoenig@netcologne.de> posted:

    Seems the US mint is putting out a $1 coin honoring the Cray-I
    supercomputer, it seems. Not bad (and much better than the one of
    Steve Jobs sitting around somewhere).

    There is no such thing as a CRAY-I, there is only the CRAY-1
    I pronounced Aye
    1 pronounced One

    I remember that famous programming language from IBM, called
    Pee-Ell-Aye.
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  • From Kerr-Mudd, John@admin@127.0.0.1 to comp.arch on Wed Apr 1 16:28:22 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.arch

    On Tue, 31 Mar 2026 19:28:28 -0000 (UTC)
    Thomas Koenig <tkoenig@netcologne.de> wrote:

    Seems the US mint is putting out a $1 coin honoring the Cray-I
    supercomputer, it seems. Not bad (and much better than
    the one of Steve Jobs sitting around somewhere).

    How many bits to the coin?
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    Bah, and indeed Humbug.
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  • From scott@scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) to comp.arch on Wed Apr 1 15:53:59 2026
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    "Kerr-Mudd, John" <admin@127.0.0.1> writes:
    On Tue, 31 Mar 2026 19:28:28 -0000 (UTC)
    Thomas Koenig <tkoenig@netcologne.de> wrote:

    Seems the US mint is putting out a $1 coin honoring the Cray-I
    supercomputer, it seems. Not bad (and much better than
    the one of Steve Jobs sitting around somewhere).

    How many bits to the coin?

    Eight, of course.

    After all, a shave and a hair cut cost two bits.

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  • From George Neuner@gneuner2@comcast.net to comp.arch on Wed Apr 1 23:44:50 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.arch

    On Tue, 31 Mar 2026 19:28:28 -0000 (UTC), Thomas Koenig
    <tkoenig@netcologne.de> wrote:

    Seems the US mint is putting out a $1 coin honoring the Cray-I
    supercomputer, it seems. Not bad (and much better than
    the one of Steve Jobs sitting around somewhere).

    Breaking news. 8-)

    The designs for both coins: Cray-1 for Wisconsin, Steve Jobs for
    Californi... uh, California - were released last year. They were
    reported in the tech news in October, but I believe coin collectors
    knew about them much earlier.
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