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Z Architecture??? "These aren't even declassified yet!"



Not quite.

Here's the latest principles of operation:

http://publibfp.dhe.ibm.com/epubs/pdf/dz9zr011.pdf

And the architecture reference summary:

http://publibfp.dhe.ibm.com/epubs/pdf/dz9zs009.pdf


It was a reference to the movie Pi :) "It's a Ming Mecca chip! Those aren't even declassified yet!"

Applied Phlebotinum: The "Ming Mecca" computer chip that Dawson uses to bait Max, and provides Euclid the processing power to fully realize the number. Max is disbelieving that the firm can even provide it (because they're classified technology), but Dawson simply says that the firm has plenty of connections. https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/Pi

But in seriousness. Thanks for the links. Also I didn't know there is that much indepth information about IBM mainframes on Wikipedia. Don't mind if I do, this will be a late night!




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