1.   Although the International Business Machines Corp. and the Amdahl Corp. have seen some resurgence in mainframe sales , Unisys has not, analysts said.

2.   Analysts pointed out, however, that mainframe sales should pick up in the second half when new faster machines are available.

3.   Earnings were boosted by strong mainframe sales.

4.   Gerstner has tried to spur mainframe sales by cutting prices, a move that probably does little harm and may do some good, analysts and investors said.

5.   Mainframe sales are often measured in the amount of MIPS, or million of instructions per second, that are shipped.

6.   Mainframe sales as a percentage of revenue are expected to keep declining, as client-server sales rise, he said.

7.   The company has been trying to rely less on mainframe software sales as the use of those machines in large corporations declines.

8.   The stock market finished lower Friday as IBM fell sharply after mainframe sales in the fourth quarter disappointed some investors.

9.   With mainframe sales strong, IBM earnings topped forecasts.

10.   Although the computer giant lost ground in personal computers, it revived mainframe computer sales, which some observers thought to be in permanent decline.