> A man in a black suit and skinny tie came by and asked that we not > forget the Midrange (System/3, System/3x, AS/400…)
I do not think IBM ever really did black suits. Navy blue and dark grey, although the skinny tie era was before these machines (maybe the fat, good-for-eatin'-ribs ties of the 1970s would work). Anyway, "midrange" was a dumb marketing term that they forced on us. They are all really minis, no matter who does not want to admit it. -- Will
