I didn't interpret it as a flame. I don't object to being corrected when I'm
wrong, and my only mainframe experience was via a terminal emulator box
doing course data transactions with an IBM. I'd always heard that Crays
were best fed a colossal program and left alone, but didn't realise it held true
for most/all mainframes.
Speaking of Crays, one of the first *big* computers to inspire lust in my
heart was a Cray 1. Anyone got one of THOSE in the basement? :) And can
anyone tell me how they stack up to modern computers performancewise? I was
exposed to one at an impressionable young age at the National Center for
Atmospheric Research, and know next to nothing about them.
--
Jim Strickland
jim_at_calico.litterbox.com
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