Gene Shumacher, head of SCD's Supercomputer Systems Group, pulls the switch to decommission shavano as Jim Martinez, Cray's on-site engineer, and Sally Hearer, manager of SCD's Technical Support and Development Section, look on. "I've been around NCAR for the installation of every major computer," Gene said. "It's been a good machine."

Steve Emmerson of Unidata serenades the machine with "Auld Lang Syne." (Photos by Carlye Calvin)

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