29 Jan
2013
29 Jan
'13
2:15 p.m.
> > Watercooled IBM machines like S/360, S/370.
If it isn't watercooled
> > and doesn't need raised floor, it's just a mini.
> freon cooled can never be considered "Big iron"?
> machines made buy other than IBM can never be considered "Big Iron"??
> machines that sit on a concrete slab can never be considered "Big Iron"???
On Tue, 29 Jan 2013, Rik Bos wrote:
No no, you don't get it,
TRUE
if it isn't tube based it never can be "Big
Iron"
;P
Semiconductors and non-delay-line- or mercury based memories and other
modernity's don't belong in 'BIG IRON' ..
Ah! So something can be big, and can be iron, but modern stuff just
doesn't have the "BIG IRON" character!