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To: Road Walker who wrote (105103)	6/29/2000 3:34:00 PM
From: Tony Viola	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 186894

John, the IBM computer in that article is a supercomputer, which is different from a conventional mainframe. Supercomputers are generally for very specific applications, like oil exploration, weather, or chess playing. ;-) Mainframes are general purpose, as much so as an NT or Unix machine, except they run different software. I can't say whether or not they're dead, or some old friends might kill me (as if my opinion is worth more than a hill of beans). Tony