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I agree, though a correction: PCs very much did exist by the time of AS/400, and particularly when OS/400 (IBM i) introduced LPARs, though analogues have been a

I agree, though a correction: PCs very much did exist by the time of AS/400, and particularly when OS/400 (IBM i) introduced LPARs, though analogues have been around in plenty of IBM's prior systems.

apaprocki 11y ago
... and they're still called LPARs today on the modern boxes :)
- ghuntley 11y ago
  Correct and since 2007 LPAR's have been able to be xfered between hosts in a fashion similar to VMotion. http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redbooks/pdfs/sg247460.pdf http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redbooks/pdfs/sg247460.pdf Additionally there are WPARs as well which are essentially application/workload management containers :-) https://www.redbooks.ibm.com/Redbooks.nsf/RedbookAbstracts/sg247955.html?Open https://www.redbooks.ibm.com/Redbooks.nsf/RedbookAbstracts/s...
rpcope1 11y ago
Yeah, you're right. I made a perhaps bad/loose equivocation for System/38, which I think predates IBM PCs, to AS/400, which showed up in the late 80's.
stox 11y ago
A predecessor of the AS/400, the System/36 PC was available in very similar chassis to the IBM AT. It used an IBM 5150 ( aka PC ) as the console with a special interface card.