Re: List Of Obsolete Skills

["Peter Dow (ML)" <maillist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Trevor,

No, that was just the example.  If we stick to IBM and the current 
Systems i, p, x and z, and use the EBCDIC values of each, (i=137, p=151, 
x=167, z=169), then according to that website, midrange would be (137 + 
169) / 2 = 221.5.

*Peter Dow* /
Dow Software Services, Inc.
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pdow@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:pdow@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> /

Trevor Perry wrote:
> According to http://www.nist.gov/dads/HTML/midrange.html, it is 30.5.
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> On 2/29/08 12:31 PM, "James Lampert" <jamesl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > The term, "minicomputer" (formerly contained in the article, up until a
> > few minutes ago) IS obsolete. Arguably, it's been obsolete since Ed
> > Roberts sold his first Altair!
> >
> > The term is MIDRANGE computer.
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