Re: We are Getting There !!

[Chuck Lewis <CLEWIS@xxxxxxxxxx>]

> <That could be a month's scope of effort for an ol' B model with that
> lightening fast 2400 bps ECS modem !=:-)>

Argh... REMEMBER thoseeeeeeeeeeee slowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
daysssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss....  ?
<BG> And that modem was SUCH a bargin...

>
>
> Regards,
>
> Mike Shaw
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chuck Lewis <CLEWIS@IQUEST.NET>
> To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
> Date: Saturday, August 29, 1998 2:35 PM
> Subject: Re: We are Getting There !!
>
> >Mike !
> >
> >No kiddin' !! And all of the stuff they have been missing ! It boggles my
> mind,
> >trying to think that far back. I just left a V3R6 shop (with V3R7 "on the
> shelf")
> >and am running  V4R1 shop and there are TONS of additions/changes/new stuff
> in
> >THAT move !!!  Yikes or "Santa come earlier" - actually a combo of both...
> >
> >Latter,
> >
> >Chuck
> >
> >Mike Shaw wrote:
> >
> >> 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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