Classification: Confidential My vague recollection of the CRAY was that is used (at the time) a 370/158 to buffer up all of the data so the CRAY could run full tilt.
-----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf Of Grant Taylor Sent: Tuesday, August 1, 2023 5:53 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Mainframe Makers.... WAS: Ars Technica: The IBM mainframe: How it runs and why it survives [CAUTION: This Email is from outside the Organization. Unless you trust the sender, Don’t click links or open attachments as it may be a Phishing email, which can steal your Information and compromise your Computer.] On 8/1/23 3:10 PM, Rick Troth wrote: > Look for channelized I/O, Didn't supers ~> cray use channelized I/O? Also, I feel like there is another slippery slope discussion of what is channelized I/O in this context. > then other physical attributes (not just size, not just the > instruction set). Please elaborate on what "other physical attributes" means. Grant. . . . ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ::DISCLAIMER:: ________________________________ The contents of this e-mail and any attachment(s) are confidential and intended for the named recipient(s) only. E-mail transmission is not guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or may contain viruses in transmission. The e mail and its contents (with or without referred errors) shall therefore not attach any liability on the originator or HCL or its affiliates. Views or opinions, if any, presented in this email are solely those of the author and may not necessarily reflect the views or opinions of HCL or its affiliates. Any form of reproduction, dissemination, copying, disclosure, modification, distribution and / or publication of this message without the prior written consent of authorized representative of HCL is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error please delete it and notify the sender immediately. Before opening any email and/or attachments, please check them for viruses and other defects. ________________________________ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
