18 Sep
2003
18 Sep
'03
9:08 a.m.
On Thu, 18 Sep 2003, Gunther Schadow wrote:
I think a mainframe probably needs it's I/O to be coprocessed to qualify
these days. Many supercomputers must qualify on that factor. Computers I
would consider to be a mainframe tend to have a lot more I/O horsepower
than processor horsepower. I don't think that applies to supercomputers.
Peace... Sridhar
Let's just
say that some 3Bxxxx systems are not at all small, but I
would guess that they're still classified as minicomputers, not
mainframes... depending upon one's definition of mainframe.
So, let's clarify the terminology: what's a mainframe anyway?