>There are many mainframes. The ones that z/OS runs on have >architectures called S/390 and zSeries. > >>If not, are there any documents that I can look into that will >>describe the CPU architecture for me? > >Wouldn't such documents mean that there *is* a common architecture? >As, in fact, there is, and it is described in the zSeries Principles >of Operation.
You're mixing up machine series with architectures: "zSeries" is a machine series implemented after the z/Architecture. So are the "System z" machines. It's therefore the "z/Architecture Principles of Operation" that describes the architecture. Peter Hunkeler CREDIT SUISSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
