JF600%ALBNY1VX.BITNET@cornellc.ccs.cornell.edu (04/20/88)
Distribution-File: info-unix@brl.arpa Hi everybody, If anybody there has (or has thought about that possibility) a midrange IBM that has to be connected to a network of SUN workstations, please tell the oddities [or the marvellous things] of such a combination. I would really appreciate that. (I have some information to offer. Last week I was in a SUN presentation [yes, the '386 machines] and they told me that the SUN East Division had a "clone" [no idea of which specific computer] of an IBM 370 architecture acting as their mainframe. The connection to that mainframe was straight forward with a channel-to-channel connector at 3MB/s). Also, could anybody point me where to find comparative studies between IBM mid-range computers and other computers in the same range (mainly DEC)?. (Not necessarily running either AIX/370 or Ultrix). I do not know how to contact the Argonne Lab. for the LINPACK bechmark [or anybody else]. IBM is telling me (but not sending me) something about published studies on the performance of a product, Ramp-C, that is supossed to simulate "the general behaviour of the system" (I know that vague, What does it measure?, and, how to get it?). Please e-mail me to JF600@ALBNY1VX.BITNET JCARAZO@BIONET-20.ARPA If there is something worthy I will post a summary. Thank you.......................Jose-Maria Carazo New York State Health Department