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I assumed "mainframe" automatically meant "computer from no later than the early 90s", since these days we just call them servers. Similar to how I'd assume "mi
by _bxg1 7y ago
I assumed "mainframe" automatically meant "computer from no later than the early 90s", since these days we just call them servers. Similar to how I'd assume "microcomputer" automatically means "desktop from no later than the early 90s".
- illirik 7y agoThere's a number of big differences between a modern IBM mainframe and commodity servers. For one, the architecture: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z/Architecture https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z/Architecture