I don't quite understand the confusion either between BC and EC. I always kept them straight by remembering that B is before E in the alphabet, so therefore the BC is the smaller one. Also, you can think B for Basic.
Eric ---- Timothy Sipples <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Ted, what are the confusing parts about EC and BC? It should be very > simple: there are two pieces of hardware. The BC starts at 26 MIPS of CP > capacity and goes up to almost 1,800 per frame. The EC starts at about 200 > and goes up to nearly 18,000. (There's plenty of overlap between the two > so you have room to grow.) If the BC provides enough capacity, that's what > you buy, otherwise the EC is available. You can upgrade a BC to an EC.> > Timothy Sipples > IBM Consulting Enterprise Software Architect > Specializing in Software Architectures Related to System z > Based in Tokyo, Serving IBM Japan and IBM Asia-Pacific > E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Eric Bielefeld Systems Programmer Aviva USA Des Moines, Iowa 515-645-5153 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
