When I first started 26 years ago on a S/34, I was told that the
classifications for MICRO, MINI and MAINFRAME were defined only by how
much they cost.
So, I guess I have always worked on a MINICOMPUTER, except when I break a
PC/LAPTOP/TABLETOP/MICROCOMPUTER...
Would a top-end System i be called a MAINFRAME and a low-end be called a
MICRO/MINI nowadays? :-)
Thanx,
Nick
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What's in a name?
It is just a matter of semantics. And of course, we are all good at that
here!
There is a group of computer systems that IBM has sold that are called
"IBM midrange", collectively. IBM has every right to baptize a subset of
that group as "System i".
There is a small archipelago of small islands in the southern Atlantic
Ocean.
England calls them "The Shetlands", and Argentina calls them "Las
Malvinas".
Did anybody here work on a "minicomputer"?
Alan
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