RE: Playstation 2 is an AS/400

[Klein Ron <ron.klein@xxxxxxxxxx>]

And of you have been throwing those old 36s away.  Look at how impressive
that massive box would look taking up all the wall space behind those
actors/actresses. Reminds me of the last place I worked, all the visitors
thought the wall A/C was the computer because they had just walked passed
the 620.

Ron

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Art Tostaine, Jr. [SMTP:Art@link400.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2000 7:44 AM
> To:   MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Subject:      RE: Playstation 2 is an AS/400
> 
> I spotted an AS/400 in the movie that was a sequel to The Fugitive.  I
> think it was called US
> Marshals.  It starred Tommy Lee Jones and Wesley Snipes.
> 
> I suspect it was a B model, two racks, with the big reel tape drive in a
> drawer, and lots of disk
> drives.  It was directly behind Tommy Lee Jones when they were in the
> Marshalls office looking at
> video tape of a crime.  I guess the 400 was supposed to indicate lots of
> computer power. :-)
> 
> Art Tostaine, Jr.
> CCA, Inc.
> Jackson, NJ 08527
> 
> 
> >Is it just me or does the new playstation 2 look like an AS/400
> >http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2444224,00.html
> 
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