Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!ucsd!nosc!humu!uhccux!munnari.oz.au!comp.vuw.ac.nz!news From: newbery@rata.vuw.ac.nz (Michael Newbery) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: What is a mainframe? Message-ID: <1989Jul12.013046.18610@comp.vuw.ac.nz> Date: 12 Jul 89 01:30:46 GMT References: <27709@lll-winken.LLNL.GOV> <34038@bu-cs.BU.EDU> <4186@eos.UUCP> <27995@ames.arc.nasa.gov> Reply-To: newbery@rata.vuw.ac.nz (Michael Newbery) Organization: Computing Serv. Ctr, Victoria Uni., Wellington, New Zealand Lines: 13 If it doesn't have, or is its own, console processor--it's a micro If it uses a micro as a console processor--it's a mini If it uses a mini as a console processor--it's a mainframe If it uses a mainframe as a console processor--it's a supercomputer :-) -- Michael Newbery (...!uunet!vuwcomp!newbery if you must) Which of the following callings is unavailable to a lawyer: prime-minister, governor-general, state governor, embezzler, premier, company director, land speculator, petty criminal or judge? Well the answer is of course, none of these. -- 'Fred Dagg'