IBM vs Amdahl

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1 total messages Started by t... Geert J v Oldenborgh Sat, 13 Jan 1990 12:08

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Author: t... Geert J v Oldenborgh
Date: Sat, 13 Jan 1990 12:08

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One day in 1980, the University of Leiden computer centre bought a second 
computer (an Amdahl) to join forces with their IBM mainframe.  These computers 
were so amazingly advanced that they shared the same input queue.  When the 
system was first turned on in its new configutration, they started fighting 
over the first job.

One of them had to be killed - the town was too small for both of them.

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