AS/400s in the Champaign area

From: Doc Shipley <doc_at_mdrconsult.com>
Date: Fri Apr 19 18:10:19 2002

On Fri, 19 Apr 2002, Sridhar the POWERful wrote:

> On Fri, 19 Apr 2002, Doc wrote:
>
> > > Chris, if you get the chance can you find out if they're CISC or RISC
> > > machines?
> >
> > If it's "coke machine sized" and surplus, it's CISC.
>
> Not necessarily. I find the amazing deals by doing the footwork and
> looking at anything that seems too good to be true.

  You are, of course, exactly right. I should have said "probably". I
had forgotten that some of (all?) the rackmount RISC models are beige.
And cool, late-model stuff does escape into the wild now and then.

        Doc
Received on Fri Apr 19 2002 - 18:10:19 BST