In a message dated 3/3/2007 2:31:29 P.M. Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
on every byte transferred. "data streaming" relaxed that requirement ... doubling both the typical max. data transfer from 1.5mbyte to 3mbyte and also max channel distance from 200ft to 400ft. "speed matching" attempted to retrofit 3880/3380 to 168 and 303x machines with channel running at 1.5mbyte max (w/o 3mbyte data streaming support) >> Guess the next iteration was the 3380 D/E's and 3880-11's and 13's. Think the 11's made it to production but the 13's never did. Soon after(mid 80's)I left for greener pastures and walked into Amdahl hell with the 6880 ESP...and STK SSDs. Whew, I lived to tell about! <BR><BR><BR>**************************************<BR> AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
