Re: OS/400 on a Sun unix

On Wed, 22 Oct 2003 12:54:30 -0400
 Hans Boldt <boldt@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Brad Stone wrote:
> It shouldn't be difficult to understand why that ain't
> gonna happen anytime soon. For one reason, OS/400 is
> simply tied too much to a specific hardware platform.
> Sure, the processor used in current Mac's is similar to
> the AS/400's CPU, but AFAIK, it's not quite the same.
> 
> The big issue, of course, is the single level store. Some
> say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
> Well, in case you haven't noticed, ever since CPF was
> released 25 years ago, not a lot of other computer
> manufacturers have been flattering IBM. Single level
> store is still very much an oddity in the realm of
> computer architectures, and probably the biggest
> bottleneck in any attempt to port OS/400 to any other
> platform.

But isn't single level storage more of an OS thing than a
hardware thing?  I mean, there are still memory, drives,
etc.  It's not like the drives in the AS/400 are different
than others... you can install an AS/400 SCSI drive in any
machine you want pretty much.

Sure, it wouldn't be easy, but if IBM really wants to sell
software (like it seems they want to) then I would think it
would be something worth looking into.  

Someone get the master on the horn.  ;)