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- Organization: Marist College
- Message-ID: <IBM-MAIN%92101310331582@RICEVM1.RICE.EDU>
- Newsgroups: bit.listserv.ibm-main
- Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 11:27:53 EDT
- Sender: IBM Mainframe Discussion list <IBM-MAIN@RICEVM1.BITNET>
- From: "A. Harry Williams" <HARRY@VM.MARIST.EDU>
- Subject: Re: VM on RS/6000
- In-Reply-To: Message of Tue, 13 Oct 1992 07:07:35 PDT from <SYSMAINT@PCCVM>
- Lines: 23
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- On Tue, 13 Oct 1992 07:07:35 PDT Russell N. Hathhorn, VM Systems Support said:
- >On Tue, 13 Oct 1992 09:49:14 EDT John A. Pershing Jr. said:
- >>In-Reply-To: Posting dated Mon, 12 Oct 1992 08:54:55 EST
- >>
- >>What you saw at SHARE is a S/370-on-a-
- >>card that happens to plug into a MicroChannel, and which uses the PS/2
- >>(running special code) as an I/O processor. So, you didn't really see
- >>VM running on a PS/2; what you saw was VM running on a 370 which
- >>happened to be housed inside of a PS/2. A subtle but important
- >>distinction.
- >>
- >
- >When this card becomes a product - I WILL BUY IT !!!
-
- >
- >Come On IBM - kick this 'hummer' loose !!!!
-
- The card is loose. Its for sale via OEM sales. Want to buy
- 300 of them? If not, find one of the VARs who is selling them.
- In fact, one of the demos at SHARE was from InterProcess Systems(?)
- who is a VAR.
-
- /ahw
-