7 Sep
1998
7 Sep
'98
5:21 p.m.
Hi All. I know there are a huge number of PDP-11 fans
here (me-self
included) But I don't hear much about other mini-computer scale systems.
What's wrong with my IBM Series/1? Well, other than it isn't quite in
working condition... I have the CPU converted to 110v(from 220v), but
nothing else is going quite that well. But I'm happy now that I have a
PDP-11/84 :-) That reminds me, I'm going to be getting rid of three IBM
4967 hard drives(220v) and a rack(hesitant to give it up, but I need the
room), as well as a 4959 expansion unit. And I'm looking for 110v 4963 or
4967 hard drive. Anyways...
Are there any other Prime Computer fans on the list? I
spent a lot of
years working on the things, and have mucho respect for their hardware and
kernel development guys. Shit-head marketing and other problems killed
off the company a couple years ago, but they had a really nice product in
the "super mini" market for at least a few years running. I'd like to
latch onto one of the 23xx series small machines, or even one of the last
5200 boxes.
Never heard of them. But I do have a question... Considering how
powerful
computers are getting, where do you draw the line between micros, minis and
mainframes? The minis are getting small(take a look at the AS/400 line,
about the size a a PC server for the smaller models), and you can even fit
a miniature version of a S/370 into a PC(actually in two ways, IBM has a
PCI card and I seem to remember a software emulator from somewhere)...
Looking back to older computers it's pretty easy, but with the newer stuff
it gets confusing.
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