On Thu, Mar 09, 2023 at 03:51:44PM -0600, Steve Lewis via cctalk wrote: > I always considered a mainframe to basically be a "fully decked out" > minicomputer.
I've always considered a fully decked out minicomputer to be a fully decked out minicomputer. :-) > What do you guys think? Or is a mainframe one of those giants so large, > you walk inside its CPU? Mainframes used to be that large. But these days it's hard to tell by size. When I first got into mainframe operations as an IBM OS/390 operator at my previous employers near the end of the last century, the mainframe was over in the corner of the computer room and was about the size of two large commercial refrigerators back to back. I wish I had gotten into mainframe operations a little sooner. They had just recently migrated to that box from a water cooled IBM 3090 that filled half of the computer room. I would have loved to have gotten to know the 3090. -- Kevin http://www.RawFedDogs.net http://www.WacoAgilityGroup.org Bruceville, TX What's the definition of a legacy system? One that works! Errare humanum est, ignoscere caninum.
