A Supercomputer Cache
Anyone who has bought a computer knows that they can be expensive. Lonnie Mimms owns one worth over $27 million in today’s economy. It is the rare Cray 1A Supercomputer from 1977. Fewer than 100 of these computers were originally made. The Cray 1A only holds 303 MB of storage, while today’s smartphones contain over 1,700 times that amount! Yet, these supercomputers were able to send people into space, help with medical research, and so many other impressive tasks. Mimms has other technology in his collection dating back to the mid-1800s. With hundreds of thousands of pieces, he opened the Computer Museum of America to house them all.