RE: Liars Figure and Figures Lie - Sybase ad

Reviewed in mid 87 ?  I thought GA for the AS/400 was July 88 ?
Did you mean mid-97 ?



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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bruce Odum [SMTP:bodum@magicnet.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 1998 9:13 PM
> To:   MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Subject:      RE: Liars Figure and Figures Lie - Sybase ad
> 
> I followed this link and read the report it was based on a AS/400 that
> was
> reviewed in mid 87. These were not the new servers
> 
> > >>Sysbase on an HP 9000 V-Class Enterprise Server running on only 16
> > >>PA-8200 240MHz processors.
> >
> > Correct me if I'm wrong, but "AS/400e 12 processor" implies
> > either an S40 or
> > a 650, which are current models.  The old models 53S and 530 both
> > maxed at 4
> > processors, to the best of my knowledge.  I would want to know a
> whole lot
> > more about memory, DASD, and tuning on the /400 compared to the
> others
> > before I'd put ANY credence in this claim.
> >
> >
> > Dave Shaw, General Nutrition, Greenville, SC (just down the road
> > from BMW -
> > Bubba Makes Wheels :)
> > The opinions expressed may not be my employer's unless I'm
> sufficiently
> > persuasive...
> >
> >
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