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From: vhs@britesun.radig.de (Volker Herminghaus-Shirai)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: Data General NEW AVIION machine
Message-ID: <1991Mar28.214917.920@britesun.radig.de>
Date: 28 Mar 91 21:49:17 GMT
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jmaynard@thesis1.hsch.utexas.edu (Jay Maynard) writes:

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>Let me know when an RS/6000 can run existing COBOL code, drive 20,000
>terminals, and handle tens of disk requests to hundreds of disk drives while
>providing subsecond response time. I'll start worrying about the future of
>the IBM mainframe then.

And let ME know when any IBM Mainframe can drive 20,000 terminals while
providing subsecond response time. In fact, let me know even when any
such dino can drive 200 terminals with a subsecond response time. I've
worked on these monsters long enough. Har, har, har.

Volker (comments to me, flames to /dev/shredder)

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Volker Herminghaus-Shirai (vhs@britesun.radig.de)
panic: 80x86! Trying to vomit...