There are also REAL machines out there that are trying to act like
massive mainframes, not just PCs. The MP/3000 is the size of a two
drawer filing cabinet, but can have 200+ MIPs(H70). That is a small
machine, but not a small system!
Chris Mason wrote:
Matthew,
I dare say you've managed to imagine Jerry's circumstances somewhat better
than the rest of us. Having only recently started dabbling in this newsgroup
I haven't really got my head around the concept of one man (or one woman)
installations with a PC pretending to be the massive mainframe of my feeble
imagination with roomfuls of spinning disks and tapes and blinking lights
everywhere.
Chris Mason
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