IBM AS400?

[Sridhar Ayengar]

Doc Shipley wrote:
> Sridhar Ayengar wrote:
> 
>> John Boffemmyer IV wrote:
>>
>>> ...
>>> Not funny VAX.
>>> I still use and am a fan of IBM PS/2's. So are a couple others on 
>>> here. A few still use IBM RS6000 machines and one or two use 
>>> AS/400's. Please watch the generalizations...
>>
>>
>>
>> What do you mean by "still use"?  These machines are still in production!
> 
> 
>   Ehhh, that'd be a matter of interpretation, on both counts.  As far as 
> I know, the 7043-260 was the last system badged "RS/6000".  The current 
> pSeries, both POWER4- and POWER5-based, are architecturally different 
> enough from their ancestors to make "just a name change" not tenable.  
> The OS is the only real point of overlap.
> 
>   The changes from AS/400 to iSeries are comparable.

Check out the similarities between the p640 and the 44P-260.  There are 
others that share a comparable similarity.

Peace...  Sridhar