On Mon, 16 Jul 2007 06:57:33 -0700, Dean Kent wrote: > > ... I am aware of several companies that offer x86 based >'mainframe class' systems (for a hefty price), that include a lot of the RAS >features mainframes are famous for.
Ha! They are trying, but not even close. x86 processors don't even have anything like a machine check interruption. Did you know that ever since G6, the mainframe microprocessors contain two processors that process the same instruction stream against the same data and compare the results? Guess wnat happens if the comparison is unequal anywhere along the way. -- Tom Marchant ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
