Comments on: Zork on the Mainframe? https://virtuallyfun.com/2010/12/31/zork-on-the-mainframe/ Fun with Virtualization Sun, 01 Nov 2020 23:53:18 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: neozeed https://virtuallyfun.com/2010/12/31/zork-on-the-mainframe/comment-page-1/#comment-203714 Wed, 31 Oct 2018 14:31:59 +0000 https://virtuallyfun.com/?p=337#comment-203714 In reply to Lars Brinkhoff.

I’ve seen so many people try to pass mini’s off as mainframes, but multiple racks rather not having multiple standalone processors for things like distributed IO, like the IBM mainframes, but more in line with things like the 11/780 as a mini.

The mainframes Ive dealt with aren’t in multiple racks, but rather multiple floors for the main compute & storage, with distributed IO world wide, using stuff like Front End Processors.

I’m pretty sure the IO setup of anything from DEC was nothing like the IBM mainframe stuff.

]]> By: Lars Brinkhoff https://virtuallyfun.com/2010/12/31/zork-on-the-mainframe/comment-page-1/#comment-203709 Wed, 31 Oct 2018 13:27:43 +0000 https://virtuallyfun.com/?p=337#comment-203709 In reply to neozeed.

I can’t claim to have the definitive definition of what a mainframe or minicomputer is, but it’s usually referred to as a mainframe. This picture shows the size, where the back row alone are memories, CPU, and data channels:

http://www.columbia.edu/cu/computinghistory/ka10.jpg

]]> By: neozeed https://virtuallyfun.com/2010/12/31/zork-on-the-mainframe/comment-page-1/#comment-203707 Wed, 31 Oct 2018 13:15:08 +0000 https://virtuallyfun.com/?p=337#comment-203707 In reply to Lars Brinkhoff.

It sure isn’t a micro, nor is it a mainframe.

]]> By: Lars Brinkhoff https://virtuallyfun.com/2010/12/31/zork-on-the-mainframe/comment-page-1/#comment-203703 Wed, 31 Oct 2018 10:04:45 +0000 https://virtuallyfun.com/?p=337#comment-203703 The PDP-10 isn’t a mini.

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