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From: peter@stca77.stc.oz (Peter Jeremy)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: What is a Mainframe?
Keywords: micro mini main
Message-ID: <550@stca77.stc.oz>
Date: 10 Jul 89 03:25:53 GMT
References: <125@inmos.co.uk> <1642@brwa.inmos.co.uk>
Reply-To: peter@stca77.stc.oz (Peter Jeremy)
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In article <1642@brwa.inmos.co.uk> des@inmos.co.uk (David Shepherd) writes:
+The definitions I have heard are:
+
+  o If its larger than its user manuals its a mainframe
+
+  o If its the same size as its user manuals its a mini
+
+  o If its smaller than its user manuals its a micro

By this definition, a VAX 86xx running VMS version 5 is a micro, and
an AT clone running Xenix is a mainframe :-).
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