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mhh__ on Dec 21, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: Nobody ever ported Doom to run on a Cray 1

They used Freon coolant so it's possible they can't/won't

Geezus_42 on Dec 21, 2020 [–]

Couldn't they use one of the freon substitutes like R-407c?

mhh__ on Dec 21, 2020 | [–]

Not my area of expertise but if I had a literally priceless old supercomputer, I wouldn't necessarily want to risk running it outside of its intended operating conditions (especially after 40 years)

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