12 Nov
2005
12 Nov
'05
3:54 p.m.
"a.carlini at ntlworld.com" <arcarlini at iee.org> wrote:
> Vassilis Prevelakis wrote:
> Hello?? The label says its a *MICRO*VAX, and if its a uVAX, then
> its not a mini. Also, calling the baby-sized uVAX a mini gives
> visitors who may have never seen a mini-computer the wrong idea as to
> what a mini-computer looks like. Sure I'll accept that its *compatible*
I'd not call the MicroVAX a mini, but it *is* a
VAX.
Actually I agree, I got carried away in my original posting.
My main objection is the mini designation. The uVAX is not a mini.
In the early 80s IBM produced a set of ISA cards for their original
PC. These cards implemented a large subset of the IBM 370 architecture
and the PC could boot some 370-compatible OS (I do not recall which
one). The called it the IBM PC/370. It was a 370 but I wouldn't
call it a mainframe, nor would I place a card next to it saying
IBM 370 MAINFRAME [...], and this is the model PC/370
produced in (say) 1984.
**vp