Talk:ETA10

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[edit] Correct name: ETA10, ETA-10, ETA¹⁰, or something else?

I notice that user:Gunter changed the name of this line of supercomputer from ETA-10 to ETA10, which may well be correct; however, I think this should be looked into to provide a final determination, if possible. Until or unless shown otherwise, I will defer to Gunter's judgment that "ETA10" is correct (and thus the names of specific submodels would be, for example, "ETA10-P," etc.).

I notice, for example, that most of the documentation regarding the ETA line at Florida State University's website indeed refers to these computers as "ETA10"s. Also, for example, the photograph of the ETA10-G on their website shows a faceplate with "ETA10" in red lettering thereon. However, on the same FSU website, the line is also called "ETA¹⁰," (that is, spelled as a single word with the "10" in superscript) and in fact most pictures of "early" machines and almost all photographs of "piper" class machines also show faceplates with lettering which reads "ETA¹⁰."

On the other hand, the bulk of text available on the internet refers to this line as the ETA-10 (for example, this account by a purported former ETA manager recites "ETA-10"). As a further variant, this page at the Waalsdorp museum has a photograph of an ETA10 in black casing, with the name "ETA 10 P" stenciled thereon.

What I would like to see is an authoritative and definitive answer to the question of which variant is proper, such as a quotation stating as much in literature produced by ETA Systems. Or, it may well be possible that no such "final answer" exists, or that all or some of the above-mentioned variants were each validly used, for example. If anyone knows of how to find authoritative material, I would appreciate it.

--Ryanaxp 18:23, Mar 18, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Fact Checking

I don't know whom has been adding lines, but I know 1) alot of it is wrong (I was offered the 8 trailer loads of the JvNC system, and CHM chose to keep about 1 trailer full of stuff [space limitations], and one cryostat is on display. The rest was recycled for scrap. 2) Many important technical details of the architecture could be added, but I don't have the time, so aren't being added and instead irrelevant and wrong info about CDC with nothing to do with ETA is being added. --enm 23:45, 15 Oct 2007 (GMT)