Jeff Hellige wrote:
>
> >Mini-computers is a nitch that has gone away (or been replaced
> >by workstations). They were less powerful than a mainframe, but
> >orders of magnitude cheaper and could sit next to a persons
> >desk. This was more of a marketing trick to help scientists
>
> I don't know....i don't think the IBM AS/400 fits the
> mainframe definition but it is certainly larger than a micro, with
> it's desk-sized case. That to me would then place it in the realm of
> the mini.
The AS/400 is a weird beast, it comes in many sizes. In the lab we have
an AS/400 that is about the size of a MicroVAX II in a BA123 or 213
cabinet. I've seen AS/400's that could fill a 20x10 room (that's will
the peripherals). It's a good replacement for the System 1 and System
36 (5250 terminals). My customers seem to love them.
Never let anyone convince you that the Mainframe is dead. Many of my
customers were about to retire a lot of big iron for NT machines when
they suddenly realized that the Mainframe could play server. They then
figured out it could do a lot more. So we have come full circle so to
speak.
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Received on Sat Dec 16 2000 - 10:25:33 GMT