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Notice that the identification and distinction between PC-based clusters/servers, minicomputers, mainframes, and supercomputers aren't based on size, performance, or price, but system architecture, extensibility, and reliability; As integrated circuit technology evolves, a mainframe could be the size of a minicomputer (e.g. IBM System 390 Integrated Server 3006), a minicomputer could be a size of a relatively big personal computer/PC based server (e.g. IBM i5 515), while a regular laptop PC could achieve the performance of multi-million dollar mainframe in 1980s just by emulating it. | Notice that the identification and distinction between PC-based clusters/servers, minicomputers, mainframes, and supercomputers aren't based on size, performance, or price, but system architecture, extensibility, and reliability; As integrated circuit technology evolves, a mainframe could be the size of a minicomputer (e.g. IBM System 390 Integrated Server 3006), a minicomputer could be a size of a relatively big personal computer/PC based server (e.g. IBM i5 515), while a regular laptop PC could achieve the performance of multi-million dollar mainframe in 1980s just by emulating it. | ||
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|Least concerned; programs are usually specifically built for specific supercomputer; sometimes supercomputers are even built for a specific task (e.g. Anton series) | |Least concerned; programs are usually specifically built for specific supercomputer; sometimes supercomputers are even built for a specific task (e.g. Anton series) | ||
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==List of Desk-size computers / Supercomputers / Mainframes== | ==List of Desk-size computers / Supercomputers / Mainframes== | ||
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− | |[https://wiki.midrange.com/index.php/System/36#Why_People_Didn.27t_Migrate Open/36 - probably lost in history]</br>[https:// | + | |[https://wiki.midrange.com/index.php/System/36#Why_People_Didn.27t_Migrate Open/36 - probably lost in history]</br>[https://wiki.midrange.com/index.php/System/36#Why_People_Didn.27t_Migrate Infinite36] |
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|IBM System370 / ESA390 | |IBM System370 / ESA390 | ||
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==Also See== | ==Also See== | ||
− | + | ===[[Android emulators|Android]] / [[iOS emulators|iOS]]=== | |
− | + | This list dose not include devices that use the iOS or Android, for those, go to their respective pages. | |
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+ | ===[[List of computers|Laptops / Luggables / Subnotebooks / Workstations / Desktops]]=== | ||
+ | Some of these classes of computers have been a standard since the late 60s. | ||
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