20 Oct
1998
20 Oct
'98
6:39 a.m.
My point was that only recently has it become so that there is nothing
more than an Alpha or an PII. There are many parallel implementations,
but nothing like the difference between an Altair and an S/360. Yes, I
know there are many computers way more powerful than CompUSA desktops,
but the point is that they're just parallel implementations and there
isn't so much of a class distinction.
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Irrelevant to the discussion for two reasons:
1) No one has made mainframes out of discrete transistors since the
late 60s.
2) Almost all modern mainframes are based on monolithic
microprocessors.