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krw

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On Tue, 14 Nov 2006 12:18:21 -0500, krw wrote:

I wouldn't exactly call a 4331,41 & 81 class machines a department
server. It was the replacement for 370 M138-158 class machines.

THat's exactly how they were used. BTW the replacement for the
3138-3158 class was the 3031.

I was region support for the 4300 and the 138, 148. I don't know of
ONE 370 138/148 customer who went for the 3031
It basically WAS a 158 (as were the service directors) so there would
^^^^^^^ channel
be no advantage to go 158 to 3031
I was also trained on both the 158 and 3031.

The channel directors off loaded all the I/O microcode. The 3031
was significantly faster than a 3158 because of the director. IIRC
they were pretty cheap too.

The AS/400 actually out performed that series in black box form.
The word mainframe became fairly ambiguous anyway when they became
nothing more than a rack of RISC cards.

Is an xSeries a "mainframe"? Is it a "rack of RISC cards"?
After my time but I bet it is.

It's not after mine. ;-) Nope. /360 is hardly RISC. THe
processor complex is an MCM.

It is one reason I left. The
computer business got very boring for a hardware guy. When the CPUs
pumped water and the disk drives pumped oil it was fun to do. The
hardware job became pluck and chuck. The Physical planning rep job
pretty much just went away too. What pass for mainframes these days
would run fine in a warehouse.

You were a CE? Hardware development is still interesting.

CE, Support Specialist then later IPR and Contract Services.

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Keith