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Article #22669Re: IBM RISC System/6000 AS/400 (actually a diversion on the topic)
From: Geoff Coleman
Date: Wed, 28 Feb 1990 04:29
Date: Wed, 28 Feb 1990 04:29
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From article <20714@cfctech.cfc.com>, by joel@cfctech.cfc.com (Joel Lessenberry): > > During the announcement, and several times after, IBM has > pointed out that the processor in the low end AS/400 > systems is different than the processor in the rack mount > systems...in fact that low end systems is RISC based. > > Could this RISC be similar to the System/6000? > > joel > > > Joel Lessenberry, Distributed Systems | +1 313 948 3342 Actually this is about the first posting I've seen which mentions both the AS/400 and the 6000. So far I have found it interesting that everybody seems to be concentrating on this box as a workstaion. What are the possibilities for it in the small number (ie. < 32) of user arena? It would seem to me that IBM just may have introduced an AS/400 killer. From my understanding the MCA bus should support Intelligent ports cards a bit better than the (E)ISA bus (it certainly can't be any worse). What are other peoples comments on this subject Geoff Coleman Unexsys Systems
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!van-bc!ubc-cs!alberta!myrias!edm!geoff From: geoff@edm.uucp (Geoff Coleman) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: IBM RISC System/6000 AS/400 (actually a diversion on the topic) Message-ID: <1990Feb28.042949.21952@edm.uucp> Date: 28 Feb 90 04:29:49 GMT References: <20714@cfctech.cfc.com> Organization: Unexsys Systems inc. Lines: 26