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== IBM POWER == | == IBM POWER == | ||
- | The IBM POWER CPU architecture has been around since the 1990s. Originally, there were two types of POWER based systems. You had Unix boxes which were called " | + | The IBM POWER CPU architecture has been around since the 1990s. Originally, there were two types of POWER based systems. You had Unix boxes which were called " |
After 2008, there was a new bevy of POWER servers based on the POWER 7 CPU. These are able to run both OS/400 and AIX. Most POWER systems can also run POWER Linux variants, too. | After 2008, there was a new bevy of POWER servers based on the POWER 7 CPU. These are able to run both OS/400 and AIX. Most POWER systems can also run POWER Linux variants, too. | ||
- | Remember the PowerPC? Well many of the system | + | Remember the PowerPC? Well many of the systems |
PARSEC will support AIX on any platform. The only thing we can't help you with is if you have an ancient version of AIX 3 that runs on the PS/2 x86 platform. We'd love to see it, but we can't support it (not a problem since it was pretty rare and experimental even in he 1990s). | PARSEC will support AIX on any platform. The only thing we can't help you with is if you have an ancient version of AIX 3 that runs on the PS/2 x86 platform. We'd love to see it, but we can't support it (not a problem since it was pretty rare and experimental even in he 1990s). | ||
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