Date: Sat, 1 Jul 2000 08:23:22 -0500 From: Bob Willcox <bob@luke.immure.com> To: The Clark Family <res03db2@gte.net> Cc: j mckitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org>, Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in>, Neill Robins <freebsd@nc.rr.com>, "Jasper O'Malley" <jooji@nickelkid.com>, Mark Ovens <mark@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: IBM supercomputer Message-ID: <20000701082322.B79571@luke.immure.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0007010017380.2259-100000@orthanc.dsl.gtei.net>; from res03db2@gte.net on Sat, Jul 01, 2000 at 12:18:31AM -0700 References: <20000630173855.A59978@luke.immure.com> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0007010017380.2259-100000@orthanc.dsl.gtei.net>
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On Sat, Jul 01, 2000 at 12:18:31AM -0700, The Clark Family wrote: > > AIX once ran on PS/2 hardware? And consequently on Intel procs? That wasn't the same OS, really. The kernel was from LCC and completely unrelated to the kernel that runs on RS/6000. Many of the commands and libs were ported over from the RS/6000 system, but that's it. > > (Only MCA though?) > > They may soon again? Well, one never really knows for sure what will make it out the door. I believe it is public knowledge that IBM has been working on a version of AIX to run on Intel's itanium but I know nothing about it. > > [RC] > > On Fri, 30 Jun 2000, Bob Willcox wrote: > > > On Fri, Jun 30, 2000 at 12:00:37PM +0100, j mckitrick wrote: > > > On Fri, Jun 30, 2000 at 02:37:16PM +0530, Rahul Siddharthan wrote: > > > > > http://msnbc.com/news/426657.asp > > > > > > > > (a) Where does it say it's running Windows? The only mentions of > > > > Microsoft or Windows I could find were at the bottom, "this page > > > > optimized for..." > > > > (b) Since when did windows run on an RS/6000? > > > > > > > > Something wrong here. > > > > > > this was obviously a HUGE tongue-in-cheek remark. i'm sure it actually runs > > > either unix or some proprietary OS. > > > > The RS/6000 SP systems run AIX (IBM's version of unix) as do all > > RS/6000s that I know of. (I spent the last 12 years of my 30-year IBM > > career working on AIX.) > > > > Bob > > > > -- > > Bob Willcox Everyone complains of his memory, no one of > > bob@immure.com his judgement. > > Austin, TX -- anonymous > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message > > -- Bob Willcox Everyone complains of his memory, no one of bob@immure.com his judgement. Austin, TX -- anonymous To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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