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   Message 21,147 of 21,759   
   Lawrence D'Oliveiro to Dan Espen   
   Re: Inside an IBM z17   
   03 May 25 22:49:20   
   
   From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   On Sat, 03 May 2025 13:51:35 -0400, Dan Espen wrote:   
      
   > Try connecting thousands of users to a single linux box.  You'll soon   
   > see the utility of block mode terminals.   
      
   A client of mine just got a machine with 40-something CPU cores (each   
   multithreaded), and something close to a terabyte of RAM. And a couple   
   dozen hot-swap slots for multi-terabyte hard drives.   
      
   Of course we’re going to run Linux. I don’t think we’ll have trouble   
   handling thousands of users on that ...   
      
   --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05   
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