&gt; P.S. A Cray-2 is about 50% faster than the fastest Pentium-Pro computer available today. Again, keep in mind that the message above dates from 1989!<p>I&#x27;m thinking the dates on this are off a bit, as the Pentium Pro came out in 1995: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Pentium_Pro" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Pentium_Pro</a><p>The first PC I ever built was in 1997, and had a dual socket Pentium Pro logic board which was great for Linux, not so great for non-NT Windows.