Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!lll-lcc!ames!ucbcad!ucbvax!cbatt!ihnp4!chinet!ward From: ward@chinet.UUCP (ward) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: The Itty Bitty Monster in trouble re: PC's? Message-ID: <989@chinet.UUCP> Date: Tue, 30-Dec-86 16:16:52 EST Article-I.D.: chinet.989 Posted: Tue Dec 30 16:16:52 1986 Date-Received: Wed, 31-Dec-86 05:37:47 EST References: <650@imsvax.UUCP> <1373@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu> <128@tdi2.UUCP> Reply-To: ward@chinet.UUCP (Ward Christensen-) Organization: Chinet - Public Access Unix Lines: 9 Regarding article about IBM feeling a 386 may impact the S/36, as mentioned by Brandon Allbery - if anything, IBM has 'boosted' the idea of the low- to middle-ground mainframe, with the introduction of the 9370 - a S/370 architecture in a box as small as - well not sure, - a filing cabinet at least. This could open the door to some interesting "cooperative processing" because these boxes will continue to have better communications and larger disks (with no 32MB limitations, ;-) than the PC. -- Ward Christensen ihnp4!chinet!ward