This argument has long ceased to have any real substance. We are talking past each other and just get more and more disconnected with each volley. Practically s

This argument has long ceased to have any real substance. We are talking past each other and just get more and more disconnected with each volley. Practically speaking, the number of people alive today who have had the opportunity to sit at and use a mainframe or minicomputer is basically zero. Maybe that represents some missed opportunity for a modern downsized PDP-11 or S/360 or whatever, but the fact remains that you can actually get microcomputers, whether archaic or modern, easily, and so they are all that matters for home use.