RE: We are Getting There !!

[Eric <Eric@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hmmm, MAINFRAME-L@MAINFRAME.COM ?  nah.

Eric Kempter
Director of MIS
Commair Mechanical Services

-----Original Message-----
From:   PaulMmn [SMTP:PaulMmn@ix.netcom.com]
Sent:   Wednesday, August 26, 1998 7:18 PM
To:     MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
Subject:        Re: We are Getting There !!

>-------------Forwarded Message-----------------
>
>Read this guys.    We are starting to make an impact.    Look NO "Legacy"
>references


>IBM revs up performance of new  AS/400 servers     *SNIP*

>  AS/400 models S40 and 650 boast a near-twofold performance improvement,
>the doubling
>  of memory capacity to 40GB, and a 40 percent increase in Direct Access
>Storage Device
>  (DASD) storage capacity to 2.1 terabytes; Model 170 has received a 140
>percent
>  performance improvement, top memory capacity of 3.58GB and maximum DASD
>storage of
>  175GB, according to IBM.



Can we stop calling ourselves 'midrange' and use the term 'mainframe' to
refer to ourselves?   (:

--Paul E Musselman
PaulMmn@ix.netcom.com

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