Predator vs. Alien …….. sorry! Processor vs. Hardware ….
I wrote a guest blog on Paul Mclellan’s EDA Graffiti which you may find of interest: “Processor vs. hardware: the winner is…“, dealing with ASIPs.
But on a gratuitous side note, Paul in his introduction made a comment about Cumbernauld, Scotland (where I used to work for Burroughs at one time) that you may not agree with. Here are some facts about Cumbernauld in no particular order:
- Back of the Burroughs plant you could walk up to see the Antonine Wall – not quite as scenic as Hadrian’s Wall, but still of interest
- It was where Bill Forsyth shot “Gregory’s Girl“
- The name comes from the Gaelic “Comar nan Allt” or “The Meeting of the Waters”
- Just up the road from Burroughs was Castlecary, where I remember with great fondness the beer at the Castlecary Inn whenever we went out for a pub lunch. However, (not having been there for a long, long time) it seems to have transformed itself into the Castlecary House Hotel, somewhat upmarket from my recollections!
Photo of Burroughs Cumbernauld Scotland plant under construction, 1957!
Anyone else who wants to comment on Cumbernauld, please leave one here! And those of you who haven’t seen Paul’s blog before, I recommend it.
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February 27th, 2009 @ 7:23 pm
I recommend “Gregory’s Girl” but it’s not going to do anything to help put Cumbernauld on your Scotland tour itinerary.
Wikipedia tells me that “In December 2005 the entire Town Centre won a public nomination for demolition in the Channel 4 series Demolition, where it was voted the worst building in Britain”. I rest my case (and I notice that you may have worked there but you actually lived somewhere else…)
February 27th, 2009 @ 7:37 pm
Paul, note that I said that “you” (meaning the Cumbernauld fans out there) may disagree with your comment, and listed some facts about Cumbernauld that the readers might find of interest. I think I’ll remain strictly neutral about Cumbernauld as a place. And yes, I lived in Glasgow (Cumbernauld was in Glasgow’s “sphere of influence” ….. witness it having a “G” postcode!), but that was because we moved to Glasgow so my wife could do her PhD at the University of Glasgow, and I got a job at Burroughs Cumbernauld after we moved there ……… and for a long time, we didn’t have a car, and I was able to rideshare with others who lived in the West End of Glasgow out to the plant. Actually, it was astonishing to meet many residents of Edinburgh who had never been to Glasgow even just once for a visit, although it was only an hour and a bit away on the train …. the cultural divide between Edinburgh and Glasgow struck me at times as being stronger than England and Scotland! All a long time ago, of course.
Thanks for the comment
Grant