[OT] AS/400

Jarek Zgoda jzgoda at gazeta.usun.pl
Fri Jan 16 14:25:18 EST 2004


Cameron Laird <claird at lairds.com> pisze:

>>> Why is it the best minicomputer ever made?
>>> I really want to know!
>>
>>Since nobody ever produced any other. Only IBM produced machines that
>>can be called "midrange" (something between microcomputer and "real
>>computer", the famous S/390 mainframe). They still use this terminology.
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> Sneaky, Jarek; but there were a LOT of "minicomputer"
> manufacturers, including DEC, Data General, HP, Prime,
> ...

Oops! It seems I'm too young to make such authoritative statements, my
adventure with computers started in mid-80's. So, please, take my
apologies for inconvenience.

-- 
Jarek Zgoda
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