Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!van-bc!sl
From: sl@van-bc.UUCP (Stuart Lynne)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: What is a Mainframe?
Keywords: micro mini main
Message-ID: <156@van-bc.UUCP>
Date: 27 Jun 89 22:19:43 GMT
References: <125@ssp1.idca.tds.philips.nl> <20752@winchester.mips.COM> <4400@ficc.uu.net> <187@uvacs.cs.Virginia.EDU> <355@torsqnt.UUCP>
Reply-To: sl@.UUCP (Stuart Lynne)
Distribution: comp.arch
Organization: Wimsey Associates
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>>Micro-, mini-, & main- frames:

If it's design/architecture dates to the early sixties it's a mainframe.

It it's design/architecture dates to the late sixties, early seventies it's
a mini.

If it's design/architecture dates to the late seventies its a micro.

If it's design/architecture dates to the early eighties its a super-micro.

If it's design/architecture dates to the late eighties its a .......


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