Re: We are Getting There !!

["Mike Shaw" <mshaw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Chuck,

Could you imagine what the pile of paper would be just in the Memo To Users
and Red This First would be like for all of the releases you are skipping
and need to go though????  =:-)

Regards,

Mike Shaw


-----Original Message-----
From: Chuck Lewis <CLEWIS@IQUEST.NET>
To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
Date: Friday, August 28, 1998 4:38 PM
Subject: Re: We are Getting There !!


>Folks,
>
>WOW, can you IMAGINE a V2R3 shop jumping to V4R3 !!!! Not saying they
shouldn't
>but, boy, that could be "scary" ;-)
>
>Chuck
>
>Neil Palmer wrote:
>
>> Yeah - a CPW of 4550 on a 12-way 650 is quite a jump from the present
>> 2340 !
>>
>> PS - e-jump to V4R3 direct from V2R3, V3R0M5 or V3R1 also available.
>>
>> Neil Palmer                                AS/400~~~~~
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>>
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: PaulMmn [SMTP:PaulMmn@ix.netcom.com]
>> > Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 1998 11:18 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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