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From: eugene@eos.UUCP (Eugene Miya)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: What is a ...-computer (main frames)
Keywords: etymology
Message-ID: <3953@eos.UUCP>
Date: 12 Jun 89 21:09:45 GMT
References: <512@prles2.UUCP> <621@biar.UUCP> <134@ssp1.idca.tds.philips.nl>
Reply-To: eugene@eos.UUCP (Eugene Miya)
Organization: NASA Ames Research Center, Calif.
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>In article <621@biar.UUCP> trebor@biar.UUCP (Robert J Woodhead) writes:
>>It seems to me that the only adequate way to distinguish between the
>>various classes of computers is by weight; to wit:
>	various MASSive suggestions

This was cute.
Yes, you keep thinking that way about classifying computers.

You can gauge a person's perspective if they regard a VAX as a mainframe
or not.

Yes I/O is the major problem.  So long as the micro-people think about
micro I/O we will be held back from the Cray on a desk.

Bat as a prefix to replace "super"  sure!  BAT==Basically Absurd Technology.
Batcomputer.... wait a minute that's at Cornell....

Another gross generalization from

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