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From: larry@ihuxf.UUCP (Larry Marek)
Newsgroups: net.micro
Subject: IBM-PC as a 370 ??
Message-ID: <1684@ihuxf.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 28-Dec-83 12:47:49 EST
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Posted: Wed Dec 28 12:47:49 1983
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	Can anyone (in 25 words or less) tell me if having a desk size model
of a 370 is really useful?  I mean its obviously a GREAT thing to brag about-
"Ya, I got da powa ov a IBM 370 on MY desk!!"

	It would seem to me that there wouldn't really be much that I'd want
to try and run from a 370 on a PC.  Editors?  Compilers??  The IBM PC would
seem to have MORE than enough of these already.  Okay, maybe its "specific"
use programs - custom written jobs. But wouldn't you think that they were
originally put on a 370 for a reason?  Like maybe SIZE of the program - or
more likely SIZE of the data it works on??  Sure you can put a 20 meg disk on
a PC, but that's PEANUTS (pun intended) compared to the storage of a real 370.

	PLEASE don't get me wrong.  I am **NOT** a IBM 370 snob.  I REALLY do
like micros.  (I'd much rather interact with my micro than the 370 systems
that I come in contact with!)  I just don't understand the usefulness of this
IBM release.


		Larry Marek
		 ihnp4!ihuxf!larry

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		Larry Marek
		 ihnp4!ihuxf!larry