22 Dec
2001
22 Dec
'01
9:15 a.m.
On Sat, 22 Dec 2001, Bill Bradford wrote:
On Fri, Dec 21, 2001 at 08:26:25PM -0600, Doc Shipley
wrote:
I've got one of these sitting under my desk at work; is it worth powering
up?
Oh, yeah. Pretty quick for an old dude. Power2 processors (370 and
previous were all Power first-generation) more memory slots - 4 cards
instead of 2 or 1, MUCH faster/better scsi capability, and generally
sweet. IIRC, IBM was already building PPC models when the 390 came out.
Floating-point performance spanked the 43p right up till the 140 came
out.
if you don't want it, I'll come get it out of your way.
Doc
Let's
not forget the holy grail of MCA RS/6K's, the RS/6000 390H.
Forever and ever,
Amen.