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| | IBM POWER - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | IBM complemented this with a complex instruction decoder which could be fetching one instruction, decoding another, and sending one to the ALU and FPU at the same time, resulting in one of the first superscalar CPU designs in use. | | | The 801 was used in a number of applications inside IBM hardware, but did not become publicly known until they released the poorly-performing IBM PC/RT in the mid-1980s. | | | Floating point became a focus for the America Project, and IBM was able to use new algorithms developed in the early 1980s that could support 64-bit double-precision multiplies and divides in a single cycle. |
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| | CBI Market and Product Research Reports Collection |
| | Subjects: Mainframe computers; Microcomputers; Minicomputers; Supercomputers; Supermini computers. | | | Subjects: IBM; IBM computers; Mainframe computers; Mainframe computer industry. | | | Subjects: Mainframe computers; Minicomputers; Microcomputers; Supermini computers; Personal computers. |
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http://www.cbi.umn.edu/collections/inv/cbi00055.html
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| | Computer Industry - The Minicomputer |
| | The first break in IBM's dominance of the computer industry was the development of minicomputers. | | | The first minicomputers were small, special-purpose machines that could work within the IBM computing environment. | | | IBM's systems were designed for a highly structured, centrally-managed enterprise -- with an expensive IBM mainframe right at its center. |
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http://faculty-gsb.stanford.edu/mendelson/computer_history/MINI.HTM
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| | One of the most important transistorized computers was the IBM 1401, introduced in 1960. | | | Nor was that true with minicomputers or even with time shared systems, even if they superficially resembled personal computers in terms of their interactive capabilities. | | | The new machine was architecturally identical to the 709, so IBM engineers used a 709 to write software for the as-yet-unbuilt 7090. |
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http://cs.union.edu/~hemmendd/Courses/cs40/History/digcomphist.html
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| | Minicomputer |
| | Minicomputers are a largely obsolete class of multi-user computers which made up the middle range of the computing spectrum, in between the largest multi-user systems (mainframe computers) and the smallest single-user systems (microcomputers or personal computers) | | | Today at the turn of the millennium few minicomputers are still in use, having been overtaken by Fourth Generation computersbuilt using a more robust version of the microprocessor technology thatis used in personal computers. | | | During the 1990s the change from minicomputers to inexpensive PC networks was cementedby the development of several versions of Unix to run on the Intel x86 microprocessor architecture, including Solaris, Linux and FreeBSD / NetBSD. |
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http://www.therfcc.org/minicomputer-18725.html
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| | Neowin.net - IBM courts smaller developers |
| | IBM will also introduce a program to incite partners to use its autonomic computing software, which is designed to reduce the amount of manual labor needed to manage computers. | | | IBM's partner-oriented efforts are part of its plan to extend its presence among medium-size businesses with simplified product packaging under the Express brand and a $500 million investment aimed at signing on partners that use IBM's infrastructure software. | | | IBM will launch on Thursday several initiatives aimed at gaining the allegiance of software developers who can help raise IBM's profile with small and medium-size businesses. |
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http://www.neowin.net/comments.php?id=10180&category=main
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| | ITworld.com - IBM launches Power5 Unix line |
| | IBM hopes that customers such as Steve Kellogg, director of advanced information technologies at The Pennsylvania State University, will be able to use Virtualization Engine to be more efficient in the way they use their Unix systems. | | | The new p5 systems will use the same basic hardware as IBM's iSeries minicomputers, which were launched in May, and by the first half of 2005, IBM will support the iSeries' i5/OS as well as Linux and Unix on high-end p5 systems such as the p5-570, IBM said. | | | Four years ago, IBM was caught up in its Linux marketing, but with the erosion of Sun's dot-com customer base and a series of missteps by the Solaris vendor in bringing products to market, Big Blue sees new opportunities in the Unix space. |
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http://www.itworld.com/Comp/1375/040713ibmpower5/pfindex.html
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| | OLD-COMPUTERS.COM : The Museum |
| | After the IBM 5120, IBM manufactured another computer in Rochester based on the Intel 8088 chip that was called the DataMaster. | | | The computer's performance was poor compared to the 51XX computers, and IBM did not sell many of them. | | | Most people attribute the "IBM Personal Computer" as the first of what we know as PC's today, however IBM's model number for the PC introduced in 1981 was the IBM 5150. |
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http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?st=1&c=794
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| | IBM is (now) developing OS/2 (and its Intel and non-Intel-based successors) independently but is involving third party PC manufacturers in its testing. | | | IBM was unable to test all SuperVGA adapters, so if you are experiencing problems report them through IBM's toll free support (in the U.S., described in the OS/2 2.0 package) or to the adapter manufacturer. | | | IBM OS/2 Version 1.3 is still available and may be ordered through many IBM dealers. |
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http://www.mit.edu/afs/sipb/project/os2/text/FAQ
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| | Golden Oldies: Computers of Yesteryear |
| | The IBM PC/AT was truly a milestone computer. | | | Sorry attempt by IBM to build a "luggable" computer. | | | I forget now if this was the FIRST laptop computer or the Data General DG/One was the first. |
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http://www.tprthai.net/goldold.htm
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| | Enterprise Systems Companies Recast Platforms for Workload Consolidations |
| | IBM, for example, supports Linux workloads on its S/390 and zSeries mainframes, along with Linux, Windows and even some Unix workloads on its endlessly adaptable iSeries minicomputers. | | | To a large extent, that’s because all three vendors have undertaken to recast their most scalable and reliable computing platforms—mainframes, minicomputers and high-performance servers—as suitable platforms for the consolidation of Windows, Linux and Unix workloads. | | | In its current incarnation, Jarman says, IBM supports Windows on iSeries by means of its Integrated xSeries Server (IXS), which—in tandem with enhancements to version 5, release 1 (V5R1) of the OS/400 operating system that make it possible to connect multiple IXS and xSeries 350 servers—kicks iSeries’ Windows consolidation story up several notches. |
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http://www.esj.com/news/print.aspx?editorialsId=345
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| | Dialog Manager |
| | IBM had a lot of different operating systems that ran on mainframes, midrange computers, and desktops. | | | CICS ran on top of all three IBM mainframe business operating systems and was later extended to IBM minicomputers. | | | The most extensive middleware development project associated with the Personal Computer era was initiated back in 1988 by IBM. |
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http://www.yale.edu/PCLT/mscase/dialogmanager.htm
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| | Chronology |
| | 1971: IBM introduces the 370/135 and 370/195 mainframe computers. | | | Time-sharing runs at MIT on IBM 709 and 7090 computers by F. Corbato. | | | 1952: IBM introduces the 701, its first electronic stored-program computer. |
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http://www.students.itu.edu.tr/~gurbuzf/chronology.html
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| | The Linux Beacon--IBM Opens Blue Gene/L Utility Center in Minnesota |
| | IBM says it has created a highly secure virtual private network to give customers access to the utility, which is particularly important since the kinds of military and commercial simulations that run on supercomputers are by their very nature something that organizations want to keep secret. | | | Back in March 2004, IBM was showing off a prototype deskside Blue Gene/L machine that had 64 Blue Gene server nodes (128 cores) in a deskside box, and the company was suggesting that this machine would be sold to developers to give them a chance to play around with the new Blue Gene architecture. | | | Suffice it to say, IBM Rochester has no shortage of smart nerds, and that is why the Blue Gene/L supercomputer is built there and that is also why, says Mark Solomon, the man behind the supercomputer utility centers at IBM, the company decided to locate the first Blue Gene utility in Rochester. |
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http://www.itjungle.com/tlb/tlb031505-story03.html
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| | The Secret Guide to Computers - History Of Computers |
| | IBM The first company to make transistors for computers was Philco, but the most popular second-generation computer turned out to be the IBM 1401, because it was business-oriented and cheap. | | | The IBM 360 was the first computer to use 8-bit bytes instead of 6-bit; during the era of boredom, all manufacturers copied that feature from IBM. | | | IBM was proclaiming how great the IBM 360 would be because it would contain integrated circuits; but other manufacturers decided to ignore integrated circuits for several years, and concentrated on improving other aspects of the computer instead. |
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http://www.secretguide.net/read/index.php?filename=history_of_computers
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| | Forbes.com: Less than meets the eye |
| | Because a lot of the software IBM sells is tailored to its mainframes, weakness there is hurting software sales. | | | Not only is the computer colossus lagging its industry in growth, but much of the growth it has shown comes from financial shuffling rather than fundamental improvement. | | | With the big writeoffs of the early 1990s behind it, IBM has produced an almost unbroken string of quarterly earnings improvements in 1995, 1996 and 1997. |
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http://www.forbes.com/1997/12/12/feat.html
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| | Geek.com Geek News - AMD likely to partner with IBM in Dresden fab |
| | IBM even has (or had) cross development agreements with Sun Microsystems regarding the development and distribution of Java. | | | Today Apple is very much leaning on IBM for the future of its high performance computing segment. | | | For example, IBM is one of the top supporters of Open Source initiatives (i.e., Linux). |
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http://www.geek.com/news/geeknews/2003Nov/wbc20031124022795.htm
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| | Operating Systems Wars Enter New Phase |
| | At the same time, IBM is exploring the idea of e-Liza, a series of hardware and software improvements to its servers and software which will allow systems to be self-diagnostic and self-managing (sound familiar?). | | | Even more ambitious is their Autonomic Computing project http://www.research.ibm.com/autonomic which will try to make increasingly complex systems simpler by treating the entire computing environment as if it were a human body, with the autonomic (or automatic) nervous system making adjustments to the environment and managing the system. | | | It’s hard to figure out how much of that is Linux — IDC estimates that about 27% of all servers use Linux but that includes desktops used as servers and existing servers repurposed by their owners with free or purchased Linux software. |
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http://www.wohl.com/wa0195.htm
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| | Microsoft is losing its monopoly, no matter the verdict - Computerworld |
| | The reality is that one of the main reasons IBM, Intel, Microsoft and Cisco have grown so rich is that their customers have been so locked in. | | | Then, of course, came the PC and IBM's fateful decision to essentially pass its power on to Microsoft and Intel and, much less directly, to Cisco. | | | First came minicomputers, where IBM could never get more than a third of the business. |
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http://www.computerworld.com/printthis/1999/0,4814,37136,00.html
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| | Course Technology -- InfoWeb: Minicomputers |
| | DEC computers proved successful even in other markets and by 1969--during the era of miniskirts and miniseries--these computers were universally referred to as "minicomputers." | | | Compaq VAX Systems At this home page of Compaq's VAX series of computers, you can find news about the VAX series, information about current and discontinued VAX products, and success stories about VAX computers. | | | The book Computer: A History of the Information Machine by Campbell-Kelly and Aspray (Basic Books, 1996) contains a good history of minicomputers. |
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http://www.cciw.com/content/minicomputers.html
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| | System/36 -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article |
| | The IBM System/36 was a simple and popular (Click link for more info and facts about small business) small business (A machine for performing calculations automatically) computer system, first shipped in 1983. | | | In the late 1980s the US Department of Justice ended its case against IBM, and so IBM went forward with a system named the (Click link for more info and facts about AS/400) AS/400. | | | The 5362 was a mere 150 pounds and cost (US) $20,000, and set the pace for corporate computing. |
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http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/encyclopedia/s/sy/system36.htm
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| | Amazon.ca: Books: Fortress Rochester: The Inside Story of the IBM iSeries |
| | The technology-independent machine interface and the single-level addressability that he originally proposed have led to a totally new breed of computers. | | | Based on his Ph.D. dissertation research, his architecture first appeared in the IBM System/38 and later in the IBM AS/400. | | | Frank Soltis' "Fortress Rochester" is the best account of both the way IBM's iSeries works and of the cirumstances inside IBM that lead to its creation. |
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http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/ASIN/1583040838
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| | Since computers either supplement or supplant other information-processing systems, including humans, the potential for computing is very large (i.e., as large as the information business itself). | | | The largest software organization (Computer Associates) came from the process of productizing programs encountered by an organization serving IBM customers. | | | However, there have been some noteworthy achievements at industrial labs, including Bell Lab's transistor and LNIX, IBM's work on RISC, and the first development of a distributed workstation environment at Xerox PARC. |
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| | HP Labs : About HP Labs : HP Fellows : Bill Worley |
| | During his 13 years at IBM, he led efforts to define new ways to build instructions in machine language. | | | That work included innovations that were used in IBM's System/370 mainframes and System/38 minicomputers--IBM's most advanced mini--introduced in 1978. | | | In 1965, he proposed an architecture for a small computer that IBM built but never shipped because it didn't see a market for something called a "personal computer." |
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| | Noveon: The Box Stops Here |
| | IBM lost out on supplying servers for this generation of Noveon computing and communications, partly on cost and partly because it left a bad taste with the billing it did on hundreds of machines it leased to Noveon. | | | Neither IBM nor HP will be part of the process. | | | The Task: Create an almost entirely new computing and communications infrastructure for a billion-dollar company. |
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http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1495170,00.asp
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| | Amazon.co.uk: Books: Exploring IBM EServer ISeries and AS/400 Computers |
| | This updated guide to the eServer iSeries of computers from IBM provides an overview and comprehensive reference to the latest models, options, disk storage equipment, printers, and tape drives. | | | Amazon.co.uk: Books: Exploring IBM EServer ISeries and AS/400 Computers | | | Subjects > Computers & Internet > Hardware > Mainframes & Minicomputers |
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| | Toggit Certification Home for MCSE CCNA A+ study guides and test prep |
| | The architecture of the early Intel processors restricted the original IBM PC to accessing 1MB of memory, 640KB of which was available for applications; the remaining 384KB was reserved for system use, the BIOS, and the video system. | | | Code Abbreviated EBCDIC; pronounced “eb-se-dic.” EBCDIC is the character set commonly used on large IBM mainframe computers, most IBM minicomputers, and computers from many other manufacturers. | | | EISA was developed by the so-called Gang of Nine (AST Research, Compaq Computer Corporation, Epson, Hewlett-Packard, NEC, Olivetti, Tandy, Wyse Technology, and Zenith Data Systems) in reply to IBM’s introduction of its proprietary MCA (Microchannel extended LAN Architecture). |
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http://www.toggit.com/Library/pedia/techno.asp?Term=e&Techno=Letter
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| | Amazon.com: Books: Starter Kit for the IBM iSeries and AS/400 |
| | Starter Kit for the IBM iSeries and AS/400 provides essential information to help you understand the basic concepts and nuances of iSeries and AS/400 systems -- information that will make your job easier and will increase your comfort level working on these systems. | | | The book is arranged in logical order from basic system setup information through some of the more important areas you need to understand to operate, program, and manage your system. | | | But along with OS/400’s unmatched level of functionality and integration comes a complexity you must learn to manage. |
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http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1583040846?v=glance
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| | Computing Canada: Midrange manufacturers plot new strategies - market research firms predict lean times for midrange ... |
| | Evans Research has been working on a midrange software study due out later this fall, and preliminary responses from users show a major trend affecting the future mini/mainframe software business is the acceptance of PC LANs as an alternative to minicomputers. | | | Lately, midrange makers, including Wang, Prime Computer, Control Data, Data General and Unisys have foundered. | | | "But the VMS software environment is a good solid one and much richer than Unix and very competitive with the AS/400 and even IBM mainframes." |
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http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0CGC/is_n22_v17/ai_11558665
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| | Print - Where Are We Headed? |
| | First IBM's minicomputers (System/34,36,38) provided ISVs and corporate IS managers with the technology and tools to develop the applications needed to solve most business problems. | | | This requirement was easy for IBM due to its mainframe support model. | | | Next IBM encouraged ISVs to develop for this platform, giving them the opportunity to add value to IBM's system. |
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| | Platforms snap, crackle, and pop InfoWorld Analysis 2003-12-31 By Tom Yager |
| | But even with fast-evolving systems based on the Power architecture, IBM is exceedingly careful to avoid marooning any customers. | | | That’s a unique approach that harkens back to the Unix heyday, when IBM, Sun, and HP were platforms unto themselves. | | | If you’re looking for a rock to stand on, IBM is it. |
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http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/12/31/01FEtoyplats_1.html?s=feature
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| | ipedia.com: J.D. Edwards Article |
| | It made its name building accounting software for IBM minicomputers beginning with the System/34 and /36 and focusing from the mid 1980s on System/38 mincomputers, and then the AS/400 when it became available. | | | It made its name building accounting software for IBM minicomputers beginning... | | | The company gradually added functions, its accounting software evolving to become a platform-independent ERP application that was in 1996 renamed OneWorld. |
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http://www.ipedia.com/j_d__edwards.html
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| | Guild Companies |
| | Incidentally, it was the dynamic duo of Sun's Solaris Unix operating system and Oracle databases that got Sun to be a contender in the data center against proprietary mainframe and minicomputers from IBM, HP, Digital, Data General, and others. | | | These extend5 solutions include a powerful ANSI COBOL compiler, an integrated development environment, web deployment technology, seamless interfaces to RDBMS, COBOL-based GUI development, distributed processing and client/server technology. | | | Sun, IBM Announce New Linux Servers at LinuxWorld |
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http://www.itjungle.com/mid/mid081402-story02.html
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| | GigaBit Software |
| | Assembly Language (Honeywell, IBM 370, Intel, 6502, Z80) | | | a bizarre assortment of minicomputer environments you probably never heard of! | | | Excel with macros or Visual Basic for Applications |
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http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/Glen_Bodie/SOFTWARE.HTM
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| | minicomputer |
| | This use is being challenged by the developments in the microcomputer range and the practice of sharing resources of microcomputers under a network. | | | Minicomputers are still recognised as being able to process large amounts of data. | | | APPLICATION: The ability to connect minicomputers to each other and mainframes has popularised them among larger businesses. |
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| | CTO : Programming Languages |
| | RPL - RPL ("Reverse Polish LISP") is the programming language from HP 28/48 | | | RPG - Report Program Generator, a family (RPG, RPG II, RPG III, RPG IV, RPG/400) of business oriented programming languages popular on IBM? | | | REXX - A programming language, by Mike Cowlishaw, that has had some success as a scripting language and/or glue for various functionality among OS/2 and Amiga users |
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http://cliki.tunes.org/Programming%20Languages
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| | Computer Dealer News: IBM launches 20 RS/6000 additions - IBM Canada Ltd |
| | He added that IBM has made some changes to AIX. | | | The RS/6000 Model 59H deskside system, at $103,720, is targeted at the customer interested in replacing minicomputers, IBM says. | | | The line includes seven servers; four client workstation additions with graphics capabilities; a client/server boost to AIX, IBM's version of Unix; and graphics accelerators. |
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http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3563/is_n12_v10/ai_16109916
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| | LORETTA E. WHITEHEAD |
| | This position provided direct support for the Vice-President and General Manager. | | | IBM Wheelwriter 3 typewriter, IBM Selectric typewriter; Lanier 6630 photocopier, Toshiba 7720 photocopier, Xerox photocopiers (various models); Various Fax Models including HP Fax 200; Pitney Bowes Meters (variety) | | | IBM compatible minicomputers, COMPAQ Presario 1410, Zenith Z-248, HP Ink Jet 500 Printer, Panasonic KX-P4410 LaserPartner Printer, HP Laserjet Printer III, HP Laserjet Printer II, HP Laserjet Plus Printer, ActionLaser 1100 Printer, Panasonic KX-P1123 Printer, Macintosh IIsi |
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| | Shark Tank: Well, it SEEMED like a good idea ... - Computerworld |
| | It's the early 1990s, and this newly hired data processing manager is in just a little over his head at a company that uses lots of IBM minicomputers. | | | As cure-alls go, it's mostly harmless and often really does solve the problem. | | | So when the manager falls in love with the command to defragment the minicomputer's drives, fish isn't worried. |
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