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From: keith@mips.COM (Keith Garrett)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: What is a Mainframe?
Keywords: high-performance
Message-ID: <21287@obiwan.mips.COM>
Date: 8 Jun 89 23:32:10 GMT
References: <125@ssp1.idca.tds.philips.nl> <20752@winchester.mips.COM> <366@scr1.UUCP> <4445@ficc.uu.net>
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In article <4445@ficc.uu.net> peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) writes:
[definitions of mainframe, minicomputer, microcomputer deleted]
>
>The basic thing to consider is that the three classes of machine have different
>ranges of real-estate available for non-CPU activities (I/O, for example). This
>makes them suited for different classes of problems even if their performance
>ranges intersect.
peter, could you expound on this statement more. i can't think of anything
that is intrinsically unique to the different classes of machines.
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