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From: geoff@edm.uucp (Geoff Coleman)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: IBM RISC System/6000  AS/400 (actually a diversion on the topic)
Message-ID: <1990Feb28.042949.21952@edm.uucp>
Date: 28 Feb 90 04:29:49 GMT
References: <20714@cfctech.cfc.com>
Organization: Unexsys Systems inc.
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From article <20714@cfctech.cfc.com>, by joel@cfctech.cfc.com (Joel Lessenberry):
> 
>         During the announcement, and several times after, IBM has 
>         pointed out that the processor in the low end AS/400 
>         systems is different than the processor in the rack mount
>         systems...in fact that low end systems is RISC based.
> 
>         Could this RISC be similar to the System/6000?
> 
>                         joel
> 
> 
>  Joel Lessenberry, Distributed Systems | +1 313 948 3342

	Actually this is about the first posting I've seen which
mentions both the AS/400 and the 6000. So far I have found it interesting 
that everybody seems to be concentrating on this box as a workstaion. What
are the possibilities for it in the small number (ie. < 32) of user arena?
It would seem to me that IBM just may have introduced an AS/400 killer.
From my understanding the MCA bus should support Intelligent ports cards
a bit better than the (E)ISA bus (it certainly can't be any worse).

What are other peoples comments on this subject

Geoff Coleman
Unexsys Systems