I suspect that there's hundreds of System/360s still performing the tasks that were assigned to them twenty-five years ago. Air Traffic Control comes to mind. Also, running the backbone of most large corporations. (I worked at General Dynamics for a number of years. Each division had at least one. They took care of about everything from customer billing to employee compensation. No mean feat when you have over 100,000 employees.)
Jim Bruce Johnson wrote: > R.A. Cantrell wrote: > >>on 7/16/02 6:16 PM, Bruce Johnson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >> >> >>>They were also powerful and affordable for the time. IBM sold a >>>*boatload* of 360 systems...I'd not be surprised if there weren't some >>>of them still running, somewhere. >> >>Would the 360 be comparable to a G4, a 6100, or an SE/30 or, more or less >>what, in terms of power and utility? > > > You just can't say that. They're designed to do different things. (I > know this isn't the simple answer you're looking for, but suffice it to > say, despite the vast leaps in power on the desktop, there's a reason > IBM still sells mainframes today.) > > A 360 would run Photoshop badly, but your G4 duallie would last about > 3.5 milliseconds running the Department of Motor Vehicles before it grew > white-hot and exploded into a bazillion fragments, let alone run it > day-in and day-out for 25 years... > > You're comparing a Ferrari F.40 with a Freightliner Classic XL. They > don't really compete, because other than the fact they run on pavement, > and use internal combustion engines, they're otherwise completely different. > -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
