On Jan 7, 2007, at 3:45 PM, Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) wrote:
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 01/06/2007
at 08:26 PM, Ed Gould <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
IBM a few years ago introduced a 3838 (?) for number crunching. IIRC
it went down in flames.
The vector facility of the 3090 replaced it.
There did not seem to be a market for such an animal.
Then why did IBM bother with the VF?
Never heard of it so I guess it, that doesn't mean it never existed
just an extremely small audience. I don't recall ever hearing
anything about VF . I would expect if it were popular that there
would be a current model, no?
I am guessing that VF stands for vector facility (?). I don't recall
seeing PTF's for it. So either it was extremely small install base or
the code IBM didn't have bugs?
I used the scan PTF cover letters and don't recall any mention of it.
My memory is far from perfect, but chance are I would have read (or
heard from a GUIDE/SHARE presentation of it).
Ed
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