Subj : Re: FidoNet Technical Standards Committe
To   : Dan Cross
From : Kurt Weiske
Date : Wed Mar 08 2023 06:51 am

-=> Dan Cross wrote to Fabio Bizzi <=-

DC> Prior to S/360, pretty much all computers were "mainframes".
DC> It's kinda like how no one new they were driving a manual
DC> transmission car until the Jones's rolled up in their new
DC> automatic.  The term "mainframe" comes from telecommunications,
DC> anyway.  Nowadays, of course, it's mostly synonymous with
DC> IBM z/Arch machines and compatibles.

And Hollywood.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hcywf9mwF5U

I was going to call my BBS "The Mainframe" back in the '90s, always
wanted to make a menu that looked like OS/400.




... HACK THE PLANET!
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