24 Apr
2002
24 Apr
'02
11:57 a.m.
On Wed, 24 Apr 2002, Tony Duell wrote:
How about an S/390. There's racks and racks of disk. They wouldn't come
anywhere near close to fitting in the CPU cabinet. The *disk controller*
is a *double 27" rack* full of hardware. I *know* an S/390 wasn't meant
as a toy.
Peace... Sridhar
Where was the
mass storage interface of a 360 physically located? The
disk drives were NOT in the same box as the CPU.
The original configuration of the PDP11/45 I now own was an RK03 (I
don't think the RK05 had been released at that point!) with an RK11-C
controller. The RK11-C was 4 rows of flip-chip boards that mounted
separately in the rack -- it didn't fit into the CPU box. So
presumably this PDP11/45 was intended as a toy. THis is nothing short
of amazing!