24 Apr
2002
24 Apr
'02
6:41 a.m.
On Wed, 24 Apr 2002, Doc wrote:
The VAST majority of mainframes have only external disk storage. I don't
think *anyone* would confuse an ES/9000 9221 with a toy.
Peace... Sridhar
An easy way to
spot a product intended for the toy market as opposed to one
intended to be seen as a computer, is that the disk drive interface is
external.
Jeez, Dick. I can't believe you dragged me back into this. Where
did you find that little tidbit of inductive logic?
You're calling the entire DECstation 5000/2xx line "products
intended for the toy market as opposed to one intended to be seen as a
computer", since they have no internal mass storage. Do I think that
was a great design? No. Did _anyone_ _ever_ mistake them for a toy?
Get a grip. No matter whether or not you _like_ those DECstations, or
a score of other application-oriented computers that had
external-storage-only designs, that statement is just ludicrous.