Dear Sigcisers, We're interested in writing a biography of one software package as a history of scientific modeling project and the issue of portability of that package to different kinds of computers in the late eighties is attracting our interest. We're thus interested in literature regarding scientific computing and computational science in the transitional era between supercomputing and desktop computing, the period of time when such devices as minisupercomputers have been designed. That is why we're also specifically interested in corporations such as "Ardent", "Alliant" and above all "Multiflow" and their relationships with scientific software companies. Our question to the list is twofold : Is there some scientific litterature that would seem relevant to address these topics, even indirectly, as a starter ? Is there a possibility that witnesses that could share their views and memories of those times may exist, especially regarding relations with scientific computing software companies (and especially if they're living on the east coast as we are currently working until the end of July on archival material at the Science History Institute in Phladelphia) ? Thanks in advance for your help, Alexandre Hocquet and Frederic Wieber -- *********************************************** Alexandre Hocquet Archives Henri Poincaré & Science History Institute Alexandre.Hocquet@univ-lorraine.fr https://www.sciencehistory.org/profile/alexandre-hocquet https://poincare.univ-lorraine.fr/fr/membre-titulaire/alexandre-hocquet ***********************************************