No - it has to do with full surround sound - 360 degrees. Three on-board processors.
Wonder how many MIPS that is? :) M. ----------------------------------- Michael S Hines [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Eric Chevalier Sent: Friday, May 13, 2005 11:28 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: New Xbox from Microsoft The Wall Street Journal (and other news media) reported today on Microsoft's new game system: the "Xbox 360". http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB111592630884332003,00.html?mod=home_whats_news_us When I first saw the WSJ article, I couldn't help wondering if the "360" part of the name is pure coincidence, or possibly someone at Microsoft is trying to make a mainframe connection...??? ;-) Eric -- Eric Chevalier E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: www.tulsagrammer.com Is that call really worth your child's life? HANG UP AND DRIVE! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
