28 Jan
2002
28 Jan
'02
8:39 p.m.
On Tue, 29 Jan 2002, Dave McGuire wrote:
Their current mainframe architecture is based on, and largely
compatible with, the S/370 architecture. And there are a LOT of very
old actual S/370s still in use.
It's cool. The prevailing attitude is, "Why upgrade? This works fine."
Peace... Sridhar
Watch it - IBM still sells stuff like this, and might
get angry.
Remember, the S/370 architecture is still very much in use today.
Really? These seem to be ancient, and seem to have been well taken care
of. I'll check them later and see what their dates were. I can't imagine
them still being in print :)