Don't let the (very few) online pictures of early 1700s (1704 and 1706) fool you - the things have a *lot* of modules when the options are added. It might be that while the 6000 series followed the Cray "simple/fewer" design philosophy, the 1700 line may not have.
-- Will On Sat, Dec 29, 2018 at 2:10 PM Chuck Guzis via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > On 12/29/18 10:47 AM, William Donzelli via cctalk wrote: > > Statistically, it is more likely to be a 1700 module (a more common > > machine). The front bracket is missing, which is the easy way to > > distinguish the two types. > > That's an interesting observation, but I'm not sure I'd agree with you. > While there were more 1700s in circulation, the sheer number of modules > used in 6000/Cyber machines and peripherals might tilt the balance the > other way. > > --Chuck >
