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John Carr wrote: > > Trivia question: Why was the Sys/32 architecture so > important/instrumental to running the Sys/36 code on the AS/400 ??? > > John Carr > EdgeTech > If you're referring to the emulation of one computer by another, I don't believe the System/32 exerted any influence. The System/32 incorporated a microprocessor (16-bit) that emulated the System/3 instruction set. The concept was not, howver, groundbreaking -- The System 360 of the early 60's was the first (commercially available) computer to use this technique to achieve scalability. Joe Frank Synapse Communications, Inc. +--- | This is the Midrange System Mailing List! | To submit a new message, send your mail to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com. | To subscribe to this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-SUB@midrange.com. | To unsubscribe from this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. | Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: david@midrange.com +---
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