> -----Original Message-----
> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Howard Brazee
>
> On 28 Jun 2007 09:43:30 -0700, Ted MacNEIL wrote:
>
> >The 'old' computer was an ES/9021-RX2.
> >It had started out as a 3090.
> >
> >The replacement was a 9672-R64 (circa 199?).
> >It's still on the floor (I no longer am) as a z/900 (unsupported).
> >
> >I haven't been there for over four years, and it was around
> 5 years old.
> >
> >The only thing that truly exists is the serial number.
>
> Sounds like the 300 year old ax. The handle was replaced 5 times,
> and the head 3 times, but it was the same ax.
Likewise, there are some DC-3s flying around whose only "original
equipment" are their shadows.
> That is the only kind of computer that should have a 10 year life
> span. But even it shouldn't have a 25 year life span without having
> its IS functions redesigned.
One could probably fit a z9's "innards" into a S/360 box, if one were so
inclined....
-jc-
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