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From: kleonard@gvlv2.GVL.Unisys.COM (Ken Leonard)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: What is a Mainframe?
Keywords: micro mini main
Message-ID: <270@gvlv2.GVL.Unisys.COM>
Date: 13 Jul 89 14:49:19 GMT
References: <125@inmos.co.uk> <1642@brwa.inmos.co.uk> <550@stca77.stc.oz>
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Organization: Unisys Defense Systems, NISD, Great Valley Laboratory
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In article <550@stca77.stc.oz> peter@stca77.stc.oz (Peter Jeremy) writes:
* 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 :-).
And if we take _size_ to be the amount of information in the manuals that is
currently correct and/or comprehensible to anyone of lesser rank than
cosmic high priest, then _any_ *NIX system is a very big mainframe. :-(
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Ken