[Coco] CoCo Supercomputer Idea
Barry Nelson
barry.nelson at amobiledevice.com
Sat Jan 9 19:53:30 EST 2016
It is an interesting idea, but I do see a few issues…
I do not always run NitrOS9 on my CoCo systems.
When my system is running, it is typically brief because I do not want to put any unneeded stress on my approximately 30 year old equipment.
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> From: Coco [mailto:coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com] On Behalf Of Kip Koon
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> Hi Guys,
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> After looking at Stacy's CoCo 2 collection and reading the comment about a CoCo Supercomputer, I remembered reading about a
> cluster of Commodore 64s that were connected together into a supercomputer like system. I have been wondering for a long while
> now about what it would take to create CoCo Supercomputer cluster utilizing as many CoCos as we could get together in one place
> and even over the internet now that we have Drivewire 4 capabilities. What do you all think? Please keep the comments as positive
> as possible. I do appreciate any serious thoughts, ideas and comments that could lead toward this goal. Who knows how long this
> would take. I'd like to ultimately see all possible Coco 1s, 2s, 3s, CoCo3FPGAs, Multicomp09s, and any other platform that can run
> 6809 software like NitrOS-9 come together. I'm thinking that maybe NitrOS-9 could be used for this purpose since it has proven to be
> an excellent adaptable 6809/6309 Operating system.
> I think this would be a very interesting project for the community as a whole. Has anybody else been thinking along these lines?
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> Kip Koon
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