24 Apr
1998
24 Apr
'98
6:57 p.m.
My point exactly. And if my intuition serves me well
on this one the rate
at which we see old iron being retired will increase dramatically over the
next two years.
At this point, everyone on this list could have an S/34, S/36, or
S/38! Beyond them, I do not think any of the other minis are in real
trouble of scrapage, as most are doing things that are not COBOL based
(like the hoards of PDP-11s, and few -8s, still doing industrial process
control).
Unfortuneately, I think the other business minis (Burroughs, Honeywell,
etc.) are mostly all gone now.
William Donzelli
william(a)ans.net