Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!rutgers!ames!cit-vax!news From: news@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu (Usenet netnews) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Mainframes vs micros Message-ID: <1416@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu> Date: Sat, 3-Jan-87 16:49:50 EST Article-I.D.: cit-vax.1416 Posted: Sat Jan 3 16:49:50 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 3-Jan-87 21:53:42 EST References: <653@imsvax.UUCP> <196@unisoft.UUCP> <2839@gitpyr.gatech.EDU> Reply-To: tim@tomcat.UUCP (Tim Kay) Organization: California Institute of Technology Lines: 19 Organization : California Institute of Technology Keywords: From: tim@tomcat.Caltech.Edu (Tim Kay) Path: tomcat!tim In article <2839@gitpyr.gatech.EDU> rodney@gitpyr.UUCP (Rodney Ricks) writes: >In article <196@unisoft.UUCP> curt@charming.UUCP (Curt Mayer) writes: > How many does yours have? It does seem kind of unfair, comparing >multi-CPU mainframes with single-CPU micros and saying "Look at how much faster >the mainframes are!". That is exactly the point! There are people submitting to this newsgroup articles that claim that those same PCs (or their future models) will replace mainframes like the Cyber. Timothy L. Kay tim@csvax.caltech.edu Department of Computer Science Caltech, 256-80 Pasadena, CA 91125