-> This echo is for the enjoyment of "retrocomputing".  Any
computer system,
-> be it a mainframe all the way down to a tiny T/S 1000, is on-topic here
-> as long as it is not currently being manufactured.  Hardware and software
-> discussions are also on-topic.

You bring up a good point.  I had an instructor in the 80's I knew that
kept a main frame in his closet in his room.  He also had 2-3 personal
computers there.  A Commodore 128 and a Zenith PC for sure....  I used
to enjoy playing on his Commodore 128.  Especially at the time, I had
the Commodore 64, and knew so little about the 128.  I especially loved
using CP/M mode!  The mainframe he had in the closet, if I remember
correctly basically ran on CP/M as well.  For the longest time, I always
thought one day, when I got my own place, I'd get me a main frame, and
setup terminals all throughout the entire house... Have each room wired
for serial ports to connect terminals to it...  Then things changed...
Now, what I had wanted to do with the mainframe can be done with my
Raspberry Pi and wifi or wireless access points connected to the wifi!
Gone are the days of the old mainframes...  True, there are still places
that use AS/400's, but not the same thing... Few companies refusing to
modernize.... A lot of companies are also using "Thin Clients", which
have potential.  


--- Platinum Xpress/Win/WINServer v3.0pr5