Subj : Re: Retro Computers
To : Netsurge
From : tenser
Date : Wed Mar 04 2020 01:59 pm
On 04 Mar 2020, Netsurge said the following...
Ne> I always wanted to get something like a z9 and run my bbs on it. I would
Ne> be able to process mail packets faster than anyone else, lol.
Ha! I don't know about that, actually. I've seen
no evidence that a mainframe beats a modern MP Xeon
with a fast IO system. A couple of PCI root
complexes and NVMe with two or more 12-core Xeons
packages, DDR4 and 100Mbps into the backplane is
pretty darn zippy.
Then again, that'd probably cost more than a used
mainframe....
