discrete transistors

From: Eric Smith <eric_at_brouhaha.com>
Date: Mon Oct 19 16:54:13 1998

"Max Eskin" <maxeskin_at_hotmail.com> wrote:
> In fact, it seems there are mainframes faster than even a 486-33.
> So, I guess Intel outran the mainframe systems only recently.

Irrelevant to the discussion for two reasons:

1) No one has made mainframes out of discrete transistors since the
late 60s.

2) Almost all modern mainframes are based on monolithic microprocessors.
Received on Mon Oct 19 1998 - 16:54:13 BST