20 Aug
2006
20 Aug
'06
4:29 p.m.
I wasn't aware that Intel had anything to do with
the AS/400
architecture :-)
One has to wonder if the Intel engineers were aware of IBM's FS
(Future System, the OO architecture that was supposed to rule the
world in the mid 1970s).
The iAPX432 was an interesting Intel failure of the
'80s which
provided the tools to layout subsequent Intel devices.
In a way, FS was very similar - a flaming disaster for IBM on the
surface, but many ideas were reused with great success.
--
Will