Identity area
Reference code
AU ANUA 226-137
Title
Supercomputer
Date(s)
- c. 1990 - c. 1991 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
4 b&w photographs
Context area
Name of creator
(1947 - 1998)
Name of creator
(1982 - 1987)
Name of creator
(1987 - 1993)
Name of creator
(1993 - 2002)
Name of creator
(2002 - 2006)
Repository
Content and structure area
Scope and content
- "Professor Michael McRobbie, Director of the University's Centre for Information Science Research, Mr Shaun McConnon, Managing Director of Sun Microsystems, Mr Kellie Pickard, of Thinking Machines Corporation and the Minister for Science and Technology, Mr Simon Crean, who launched the ANU's new supercomputer, the Connection Machine System CM-2, at a ceremony held recently at the National Science and Technology Centre in Canberra". Photographer: Darren Boyd. 2. "Supercomputer" - probably installation at Questacon by a Thinking Machines employee. Photographer: Marie Colvill. 3. Employee of Thinking Machines (left), and John Barlow of ANU (right) installing Connection Machine CM-2 at Questacon. Photographer: Marie Colvill? 4. John Barlow of ANU (front) and an employee of Thinking Machines (back), installing Connection Machine CM-2 at Questacon. Photographer: Marie Colvill?