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- From: drake@drake.almaden.ibm.com (Sam Drake)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix
- Subject: Re: What Does IBMR2 Mean?
- Keywords: IBMR2
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- Date: 12 Sep 92 06:07:01 GMT
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- In article <1992Sep12.011601.10792@watson.ibm.com> gerth@watson.ibm.com (John Gerth) writes:
- >Yes, _IBMR2 identifies "RISC System/6000" hardware while _AIX
- >identifies AIX operating system. As to why _IBMR2 was chosen,
- >those present-at-the-creation will have to explain.
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- I wasn't present-at-the-creation, but I can answer the question. The
- predecessor to the '6000 was the IBM RT, a RISC system dating from 1987.
- "R2" was used as a code for "RT followon".
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