20 Feb
2012
20 Feb
'12
6:48 p.m.
On 20 Feb 2012 at 13:16, William Donzelli wrote:
There were and are many multiple-redundancy setups using
microprocessors-I worked on one using IBM 5160s back in the 80s.
Reiable--absolutely. Available--ditto. Serviceable--just pull the
offending 5160 and plug in a new one.
But it was not a mainframe and I don't think anyone would be confused
enough to call it one.
--Chuck
If you're
referencing "Reliability, Availability and
Serviceability", I think that's not specific enough. ?ILLIAC IV was
certainly a mainframe and had none of those.
ILLIAC IV was not a mainframe. It was a lab animal.