The box+backplane+PSU was commonly referred to as the mainframe back in the
days when it mattered. I didn't invent the term. No, there was no pretense
of being equivalent, say, to a '370.
Dick
----- Original Message -----
From: "Pat Finnegan" <pat_at_purdueriots.com>
To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2002 10:27 AM
Subject: RE: Micro$oft Biz'droid Lusers (was: OT email response format)
> On Thu, 25 Apr 2002, Christopher Smith wrote:
>
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Richard Erlacher [mailto:edick_at_idcomm.com]
> >
> > > Open the box. Open the S-100 mainframe. Open the individual
> >
> > Wow, an S-100 mainframe. I want one of those. :)
> >
> > Chris
>
> I don't think that *anything* that had a S-100 bus as it's primary bus
> could be called a mainframe (or mini for that matter)... don't minis (and
> i'm gonna extrapolate mainframes from that) usually have an asynchronous
> bus like QBus/Unibus/Omnibus/etc? Anyhow, what kind of bus do S/360s and
> S/370s (and old, on topic S/390s) use? (Yes, proprietary I know. how it
> works I don't know.)
>
> -- Pat
>
>
Received on Sat Apr 27 2002 - 01:54:50 BST