2 Feb
2014
2 Feb
'14
12:12 p.m.
On 24/01/14 8:00 PM, Norman Jaffe wrote:
Only if you have a _really_ big bus. Mainframes often
fill rooms, not vehicles...
I'm really struggling to picture a bus with big enough "rear doors" let
alone the room inside.
--Toby
----- Original Message -----
From: "ben" <bfranchuk at jetnet.ab.ca>
To: cctalk at classiccmp.org
Sent: Friday, January 24, 2014 3:23:00 PM
Subject: Re: Who built the first minicomputers?
On 1/24/2014 3:48 PM, Fred Cisin wrote:
On Fri, 24 Jan 2014, Dave wrote:
Umm rear doors :-)
I guess I would want a "mini" to have a
"bus" and these don't have a BUS.
"You can carry a microcomputer on a bus."
"A minicomputer HAS a bus. Carrying one ON a bus creates an argument with
the driver."
"There isn't any way to get a mainfrome onto a bus."