1997 lecture slide by Gordon Bell, quoting Jim Gray on Seymour Cray: Seymour built simple machines - he knew that if each step was simple it would be fast.
When asked what kind of CAD tools he used for the CRAY1 he said that he liked #3 pencils with quadrille pads. He recommended using the back sides of the pages so that the lines were not so dominant.
When he was told that Apple had just bought a Cray to help design the next Mac, Seymour commented that he had just bought a Mac to design the next Cray.
A Seymour Cray Perspective
Seymour Cray Lecture Series
University of Minnesota
November 10, 1997
Gordon Bell
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‘A Seymour Cray Perspective’
Gordon Bell’s closing quote from Jim Gray
November 10, 1997
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