In a message dated 7/16/02 10:22:04 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< I suspect that there's hundreds of System/360s still performing the tasks that were assigned to them twenty-five years ago. >> Probably no System/360s or System/370s ... but plenty of System/390s and the various CMOS models which followed the System/390. One particular CMOS model I am intimately familiar with sported as many as 132 processors in a "processor complex", all interconnected. Each processor unit contained six processors in a multiprocessor configuration. The total power consumption of one of those six-processor units was less than that power consumption of your ordinary hair dryer ... and that is for the six CPUs, the channel processor, all the I/O channels (parallel copper and serial fiber), and several gigs of primary storage, etcetera. >> Air Traffic Control comes to mind. >> Those were Model 50 and Model 65 based, and the FAA performed its own maintenance as these had reached "end of life" decades ago. My former employer prototyped running the ATC software on one of our mainframes about 15 years ago, and we successfully demonstrated that to the FAA, but they decided to their its 50s and 60s. Bad decision. -- 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
