S/370 docs (was: Re: IBM big iron.)

From: Pat Finnegan <pat_at_purdueriots.com>
Date: Tue Jan 29 07:27:32 2002

On Tue, 29 Jan 2002, Julius Sridhar wrote:

> On Tue, 29 Jan 2002, Dave McGuire wrote:
>
> > > > Watch it - IBM still sells stuff like this, and might get angry.
> > > > Remember, the S/370 architecture is still very much in use today.
> > >
> > > Really? These seem to be ancient, and seem to have been well taken care
> > > of. I'll check them later and see what their dates were. I can't imagine
> > > them still being in print :)
> >
> > Their current mainframe architecture is based on, and largely
> > compatible with, the S/370 architecture. And there are a LOT of very
> > old actual S/370s still in use.
>
> It's cool. The prevailing attitude is, "Why upgrade? This works fine."

Cool, so in a couple years when I graduate and get a real job and a real
place to live that has space, there might be some of them still laying
around to be salvaged <g>. Saweeet!

-- Pat
Received on Tue Jan 29 2002 - 07:27:32 GMT