Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!umich!samsung!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!psuvax1!psuvm!NOBIVM!EDB85007 From: EDB85007@NOBIVM.BITNET (Espen Andersen) Newsgroups: bit.listserv.liaison Subject: Re: micro vs mini vs mainframe Message-ID: Date: 6 Feb 90 18:37:31 GMT Sender: Network Site Liaisons Reply-To: Network Site Liaisons Lines: 21 Approved: NETNEWS@PSUVM Gateway In-Reply-To: Message of Mon, 5 Feb 90 15:58:22 CST from As to the definition for micro/mini/mainframe, I tell my students: - if you can throw it - it's a micro - if you can overturn it - it's a mini - if you hide in it - it's a mainframe This definition has served me well for a long time - but I am beginning to feel a little insecure ("portable mainframes" etc.). On another discussion list someone proposed a definition of a personal computer as "a computer you have the rigth to turn off" - well, what do you think...? __ Espen Andersen, Data Consultant /_ _ _ _ __ Norwegian School of Management (___/_)_/_)_(__/ /_ BITNET : EDB85007@NOBIVM.EARN / BIX : espen Compuserve : 71361,3425 Phone : +47 2 47 07 05