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From: childers@avsd.UUCP (Richard Childers)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: What is a Mainframe?
Message-ID: <1239@avsd.UUCP>
Date: 6 Jun 89 22:55:44 GMT
References: <8442@june.cs.washington.edu> <4420012@hpihoah.HP.COM>
Reply-To: childers@avsd.UUCP (Richard Childers)
Organization: Metaprogrammers International
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fotland@hpihoah.HP.COM (Dave Fotland) writes:

>A mainframe is a machine whose minimum usable configuration costs over
>$1 Million (or pick your favorite number).

Having a preference for simple and durable definitions, how about :

	A mainframe is any machine that's large enough to live in.

-- richard

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