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From: larry@tapa.UUCP (Larry Pajakowski)
Newsgroups: comp.society.futures
Subject: Re: What's the future of the mainframe?
Message-ID: <580@tapa.UUCP>
Date: 12 Mar 88 03:09:01 GMT
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Reply-To: larry@.UUCP (Larry Pajakowski)
Organization: Tapa Systems, Deerfield, IL
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The future of large mainframes is I/O in particular disk or DASD in IBM
parlance.  The place where I work ( a fortune 100 co.) is adding about 10 DASD
devices each month.  I'm not sure of the size but most likely over 1gb. each.

Try running a large room full of 1gb. disks from your micro !

	Larry