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IBM "Midrange", aka AS/400: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_System_i https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_System_i They were an interesting - but dead - sidelin
by nl 6y ago
IBM "Midrange", aka AS/400: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_System_i https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_System_i
They were an interesting - but dead - sideline of computing evolution. I never used one, but they had a interesting object-based (instead of file based) operating system.
- janosett 6y agoA friend used one of these (the shorter models) as a coffee table -- I distinctly remember how hard it was to move the big, dense metal cube in and out of his room!
- neurostimulant 6y agoMy only experience on them was interacting with some API hosted in an AS/400 via FTP protocol. Felt like I was going back to the 90s.