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| | IBM 360 |
 | | IBM 360 - A line of computers originally consisting of six computers that could each use the same software and peripherals. |
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http://www.rit.edu/~dalndp/ibm360.htm
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| | System/360 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | The IBM System/360 (S/360) is a mainframe computer system family announced by International Business Machines on April 7, 1964. | | | Some computers which were identical or similar in terms of the machine code or architecture of the System/360 included the RCA Spectra 70 Series, which was sold to (what was then) Univac to become the Univac 9000 series of computers including the Univac 90/60 and later releases. | | | IBM initially announced a family of six computers and forty common peripherals. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System/360
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| | OS/360 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | OS/360 was a batch processing operating system developed by IBM for their then-new System/360 mainframe computer, announced in 1964. | | | MVS is still used on the latest members of the IBM 360 Series and its successors, the System/370, System/390 and zSeries, although it has been known by several other names as time went by, most recently OS/390, now known as z/OS. | | | OS/360 was late being delivered, due to a combination of organizational disarray inside IBM and lack of experience with the pitfalls of large software projects, as well as the significant technical challenges. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OS/360
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| | IBM 360 Project |
| | IBM sold everything from typewriters to adding machines, but it was, by then, a computer company, and it dominated the industry. | | | IBM's rival divisions vied to come up with a next-generation computer, but all their solutions perpetuated the problem of too many models that didn't work together. | | | IBM had nothing to fall back on.v "You could see it in the way people worked," says James Cannavino, then a new hire at IBM, and now president of Perot Systems. |
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http://www.uni.edu/dss/courses/150175/studyhints/ibmsys360case.html
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| | The IBM 360/91 |
| | Installation of the IBM 360/91 in the Columbia Computer Center machine room in February or March 1969. | | | The IBM System/360 Model 91 was introduced in 1966 as the fastest, most powerful computer then in use. | | | IBM estimated that each day in use, the Model 91 would solve more than 1,000 problems involving about 200 billion calculations. |
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http://www.columbia.edu/acis/history/36091.html
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| | Technology Transfer: The IBM System/360 Case, Emerson Pugh |
| | Indeed, this was the case for IBM during the 1960s when it introduced the IBM System/360 line of computers. | | | The problem IBM faced was the direct result of rapid changes in technologies, combined with dramatic growth in the computer market -- which was itself driven by the rapidly improving cost/performance of critical technologies. | | | Of greatest concern was the need to migrate users of the popular IBM 1401 computer to System/360 computers such as the small Model 30. |
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http://services3.ieee.org/organizations/history_center/Singapore/Pugh.html
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| | IBM Archives: System/360 Announcement |
| | System/360 is a single system spanning the performance range of virtually all current IBM computers - - from the widely used 1401 to nearly twice that of the most powerful computer previously built by the company. | | | It is the product of an international effort in IBM's laboratories and plants and is the first time IBM has redesigned the basic internal architecture of its computers in a decade. | | | System/360 is the first commercially available data processing system whose design is based on the use of microminiaturized computer circuits. |
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http://www-1.ibm.com/ibm/history/exhibits/mainframe/mainframe_PR360.html
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| | The University of Kentucky Computing Center |
| | The IBM 650 at the University of Kentucky, circa 1960, and the IBM 1410, circa 1963. | | | The IBM 650 was replaced by an IBM 1401 in 1962, upgraded to an IBM 1410 later that year, and augmented by an IBM 7040 installed in 1964. | | | This was replaced in 1967 with an IBM System/360 model 50 which included 256 kilobytes of core memory and six disk drives with a total of 40 megabytes of storage. |
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http://ukcc.uky.edu/~ukccinfo.291
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| | The IBM 360/67 and CP/CMS |
| | There were bugs in the file system, and although the virtual 360 had both user and system states, CMS didn't keep its file system tables protected from user programs: an errant application could destroy the entire contents of the user's P-disk. | | | The 360/67 itself was withdrawn as a computer only on 6/15/77. | | | She tells how, too late, Gerry Blauuw of IBM made a proposal to Project MAC for a machine with some virtual memory features; and how the IBM Cambridge Scientific Center, located in Tech Square on the third floor, created the 44MPS and CP/CMS in the mid-60s. |
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http://www.multicians.org/thvv/360-67.html
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| | ibm 360 - BlueRider.com |
| | The 360 was marketed as a general purpose computer with 'all round' functionality - hence 360 (degrees). | | | The 360's predecessors were the smaller IBM 1401 and the large IBM 7090 series. | | | The 360 architecture was based on an 8-bit byte, 16 general purpose registers, 24-bit addressing, and a PSW (Program Status Word) including a location counter. |
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http://ibm_360.bluerider.com/wordsearch/ibm_360
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| | IBM 360 display left |
| | A 360-65 was used as the primary machine for academic and adminsistrative computing at The Stanford Computation Center, 1967-19xx. | | | The main computing function of the FAA system was taken over by IBM System/370 model 3083 computers in 1986, but the 9020 continued to supply the display services. | | | The 360 design influenced greatly later computers: the RCA Spectra, XDS, Ryad, and the Univac 9000, and to a lesser extent the DEC VAX and Intel architectures, still in use today. |
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http://www-db.stanford.edu/pub/voy/museum/pictures/display/3-1.htm
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| | No. 1703: IBM 360 Computer |
| | Meanwhile, IBM engineers were locked in a death struggle over the next generation of computers. | | | IBM set out to create a wholly new machine with qualities unlike any previous one -- a strategy that would make every other IBM computer obsolete. | | | He wrote, "You mention a GE computer that was on the leading edge of interactive computing. |
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http://www.uh.edu/engines/epi1703.htm
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| | IBM System 360, Model 30 |
| | IBM dominated the computer industry after introducing the System/360 computers in 1964. | | | The /20 was optimized for reading cards and printing reports, and was almost exclusively programmed in RPG -- a language that embodied all the concepts implemented in the 402 and 407, based on sequential processing of pre-sorted records. | | | The machines were so popular that IBM initially had trouble filling the orders. |
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http://ed-thelen.org/comp-hist/ibm-360-30.html
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| | IBM 360 Family |
| | Before IBM began work on the 360 in the early 1960s, every new model required new hardware and software. | | | The IBM System 360 mainframe computer, Model 50 | | | And Kroger Co.'s Michael Heschel, says the 360 "opened mainframe computing to the world." |
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http://www.thocp.net/hardware/ibm_360_family.htm
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| | The IBM 360 range of computers |
| | The definitive statement about the 360 range of computers is in an article from the IBM Journal of Research and Developement. | | | Another interesting comment about the 360 range of computers is IBM Models. | | | It is a PDF document entitled Architecture of the IBM System/360. |
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http://www.staff.ncl.ac.uk/roger.broughton/firmware/360.htm
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| | Pipelining: The IBM 360/91 |
| | Performance is improved in the IBM 360/91 by a factor of 2.5 to 25 due to pipelining. | | | This paper presents the organizational philosophy utilized in IBM's highest performance computer, the System/360 Model 91. | | | The assembly-line approach (pipelining) had become the first topic when explaining why IBM fastest machine was fast. |
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http://www.wideopenwest.com/~awesley5155/p_4_4.html
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| | The IBM S/360 |
| | I think it had 64K of memory - this was the first system IBM made with the 8-bit characters, and the word byte came into being. | | | This is what a big 360 computer room looked like. | | | No wonder the IBM S/360 quickly became the de facto standard of computing all over the world. |
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http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Lakes/5705/360.html
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| | Lawrence Wilkinson's IBM 360/30 Saga. |
| | While the IBM 360 is of course a 32 bit machine, the Model 30 was internally an 8 bit system, so it had to do any computations four times. | | | I have a great respect for IBM hardware, and for the effort that goes into the design of any system that complex. | | | The logic was IBM's "SLT" (solid logic technology) which was similar to DTL, and based on 0.5" square modules, each of which contained about one gate. |
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http://homepages.kcbbs.gen.nz/nbree/saga.html
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| | Computer History: IBM 360/370/3090/390 |
| | Timeline of IBM's Advanced Computing Systems projects from 1953-1970. | | | The IBM Journal of Research and Development recently reprinted the 1964 paper Architecture of the IBM System/360 by Gene Amdahl, Fred Brooks and G A Blaauw. | | | IBM changed this forever, when they announced the IBM-360 family of computers in April 1964. |
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http://www.beagle-ears.com/lars/engineer/comphist/ibm360.htm
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| | Computer History: IBM 360/370/3090/390 Model Numbers |
| | Other 360 novelties in this model were extended-precision (16-byte) floating point, relaxation of some instruction operand alignment requirements, and an optional I/O channel which allowed multiple disk channel programs to run (sort of) concurrently. | | | Most of the decimal instructions were missing (emulated in software). | | | This is Beagle-Ears -> Lars -> Professional -> Computer History -> 360 Models |
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http://www.beagle-ears.com/lars/engineer/comphist/model360.htm
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| | IBM System/360, Model 91 (console) |
| | The machine used Solid Logic Technology (SLT), an IBM invention which encapsulated 5-6 transistors into a small module--a transition technology between discrete transistors and the IC: This machine was used at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center. | | | The Model 91 set many precedents for the design of high-speed computers. | | | The high end of IBM's popular System 360 family. |
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http://ed-thelen.org/comp-hist/vs-ibm-360-91.html
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| | Viruslist.com - The Beginning - A Little Archeology |
| | It should be noted that these studies were never intended to providing a basis for the future development of computer viruses. | | | We do know a few things for certain, however: the first computer, which is generally considered to have been invented by Charles Babbadge, did not have any viruses. | | | By the mid-1970s, Univax 1108 and IBM 360/370 did. |
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http://www.viruslist.com/en/viruses/encyclopedia?chapter=153310910
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| | IBM Antitrust Suit Records1950-1982 |
| | The suit alleged that IBM violated the Section 2 of the Sherman Act by monopolizing or attempting to monopolize the general purpose electronic digital computer system market, specifically computers designed primarily for business. | | | The report advises IBM management to consider NCR as a company still establishing itself in computers and that is “average” in the EDP field. | | | Findings were compiled by the economic staff at the Antitrust Division using transcripts, exhibits, IBM documents, testimony, computer industry studies, and narrative statements to strengthen the government's position that IBM was a monopoly in the prosecution of the case. |
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http://www.hagley.lib.de.us/1980.htm
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| | IBM-360-1964 |
| | The term "360" was chosen to emphasize the computer's versatile nature, covering a 360 degrees radius of business applications. | | | This was the most expensive and riskiest undertaking by IBM since its inception. | | | Bob O. Evans, who was in charge of planning and development in IBM's Data Systems Division, chaired a committee to develop IBM's long range computer systems strategy. |
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http://www.computermuseum.li/Testpage/IBM-360-1964.htm
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| | Linux on the IBM ThinkPad |
| | The author's machine is a 750C with the larger disk and IBM's 8 Mb memory expansion card. | | | You will be pleased to know that Linux works quite happily on most of IBM's ThinkPad series of notebook and sub-notebook computers, including all modern ones. | | | It is unfortunate that IBM don't supply distributions for these on floppies, as backing them up can take as long as the Linux installation! |
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http://peipa.essex.ac.uk/tp-linux/tp-linux.html
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| | Psychometrics Inc. - IBM 360 / 370 Test |
| | Test items require an understanding of the relationships of standard IBM 360/370 Assembly language to machine language and data representation. | | | The Assembler test is appropriate for any DP environment where IBM360/370 Assembly language is in use. | | | Psychometrics Inc. - IBM 360 / 370 Test |
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http://www.psy-test.com/Ibm.html
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| | Amazon.com: Books: IBM's 360 and Early 370 Systems (History of Computing) |
| | System/360 was developed during the transition from discrete transistors to integrated circuits at the crucial time when the major source of IBM's revenue was changed from punched-card equipment to electronic computer systems. | | | The authors, all affiliated with IBM Research, are coauthors of IBM's Early Computers, a critically acclaimed technical history covering the period before 1960. | | | IBM's 360 and Early 370 Systems (History of Computing), May 22, 2000 |
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http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0262161230?v=glance
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| | 2004 Newsgroup postings (3/20 - 4/22) Lynn Wheeler |
| | Walt Daniels - Individual Computing "Individual Computing" is a new project at IBM Research, the central theme of which is the pursuit of advanced functions for a single user operating system based on EM/YMS, which provides a productive environment for writing, testing and running programs. | | | This has been discussed before, but allow me to repeat: The IBM 1130--to a programmer--seemed to be the slowest computer ever built, due to its very slow punch and printer. | | | the other part of the testimony was that ibm hqtrs/watson was almost unique in hdqtrs forcing the local plant and engineering people to toe the line and effectively sacrifice localized tactical optimizations (with whatever technology was being used by that specific line) for overall corporate strategic objectives. |
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http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2004d.html
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| | Charles Babbage Institute: Software History Bibliography, A-B |
| | IBM Journal of Research and Development 25 (September 1981): 535-48. | | | IBM Journal of Research and Development 25 (September 1981): 471-82. | | | IBM Journal of Research and Development 25 (September 1981): 491-503. |
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http://www.cbi.umn.edu/shp/shpab.html
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| | 2004 Newsgroup postings (1/1 - 1/28) Lynn Wheeler |
| | In IBM these (and there may have been four heads per track) were known as "fixed head disks" or perhaps "drums", even though they were disks. | | | In the late 60's I was an operator at the IBM Datacenter in downtown Seattle. | | | The 3032 was never a major success, and by the end of the 303x era IBM had announced the 3033N and 3033S in their respective spaces. |
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http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2004.html
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| | exitview.com - ibm 360 |
| | Find ibm 360 and more at Lycos Search. | | | Find ibm 360 at one of the best sites the Internet has to offer! | | | Read about ibm 360 in the free online encyclopedia and dictionary. |
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http://www.exitview.com/Ibm-360.aspx
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| | The IBM 360 Series |
| | Unlike earlier generations the 360 series was designed to be a complete family of computers from the lowest end to the most powerful, capable of any task including both commercial and scientific work. | | | Its designation was intended to reflect this flexibility, referencing the 360 degrees of the compass. | | | The circuitry was thick-film microelectronics on a ceramic substrate, in between discrete components and true silicon integrated circuits. |
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http://www.piercefuller.com/library/ibm360.html?id=ibm360
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| | 360a |
| | The System 360 was one of the first general purpose mainframe computers. | | | Linked to this page, you will find graphics of one of the original trade ads for the System 360 computer. | | | I recognize several of the other devices, but don't know the IBM number for the device. |
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http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Bistro/8502/360a.html
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| | Computer History Museum - Lectures - 360 Revolution |
| | and Bob Evans with current IBM technology chief Nick Donofrio for a conversation about the extraordinary System/360 project. | | | A 40th anniversary celebration and inside look at the $5 billion bet that changed computing and business forever. | | | Join computer pioneers and National Medal of Technology awardees Erich Bloch, Fred Brooks, Jr. |
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http://www.computerhistory.org/ibms360_04072004
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| | 40 Years of Computing at Newcastle - Photographs |
| | Roger Broughton with PCBs out of IBM 360/67 | | | Olive Patterson and Ron Pringle operating IBM 360/67 | | | Photographs - IBM 360/67 Index, 3 September 1998 |
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http://www.cs.ncl.ac.uk/events/anniversaries/40th/images/ibm360_672
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| | Ibm 360 Items |
| | IBM 360/370/390 emulator for PC, Linux and Windows | | | IBM PowerStation 360 Memory Board 52G4735 with 128MB | | | IBM Xeon 1.6 GHz 1MB Cache Proc f/ xSeries 360 19K4647 |
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http://www.soundout.net/ibm-360.html
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| | IBM 360 Operating Systems Release History |
| | The primary source for the information I'm interested in collecting, and presenting on the site, was contained in the original IBM Program Announcement "Blue Letters". | | | Unfortunately IBM's Announcement website only contains letters starting in 1982 - well past the 360 days. | | | Welcome to what I hope will become the definitive release by release chronology of IBM 360 Operating systems. |
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http://www.d2-enterprises.org
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| | IBM 360/67 Computer components. |
| | The following table shows the components of the IBM 360 Model 67 computer. | | | Look at the weight, electricity, and cost of each component. |
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http://www.staff.ncl.ac.uk/roger.broughton/firmware/360components.htm
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| | Krohm International History - IBM S/360 |
| | The IBM 3420 tape drives were used to store information from the MICR check reader/sorter, which read the information at the bottom of your check (which is printed with special magnetic-type ink) and wrote the info to the tape drive. | | | The basic unit of the 360 was an 8-bit byte. | | | However, early 360 models, such as Trader's 360 Model 30, had a maximum of 65K bytes of internal memory, and even the top of the line Model 75 could only have 1mb. |
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http://www.krohm.com/history/ibm360.htm
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| | IBM Thinkpad 360 Laptop Screens |
| | If you do not see your item or have questions regarding availability, please call or email for more information. | | | Please contact us should you have any questions regarding IBM Thinkpad 360 Laptop Screens, as our knowledgeable sales staff are product specialists in laptop screens. |
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http://www.lcds4less.com/IBM-Thinkpad-360.html
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| | The IBM 360/91 |
| | Photo and text from the IBM Photo Archive. | | | The control room is reflected in the mirror used during tests of the IBM System/360 Model 75, one of four computers that controlled Apollo spacecraft tracking and communications. | | | The IBM System/360 Model 75 at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (I haven't yet located a photo of Columbia's 360/75). |
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http://www.columbia.edu/acis/history/36075.html
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| | Rpg Language |
| | Roots in a 1959 project, with first major official release 1961 on IBM 7070/7074 (contrary to common claims that it first appeared in 1964 on the IBM/360) Encyclopedia of computer languages, http://hopl.murdoch.edu.au/showlanguage2.prx?exp=207 | | | I recall RPG from the early seventies (running on an IBM mainframe), and I don't think it was known as anything else at that time. | | | The names of variables could only be 6 characters long and the column-oriented nature of the language was all pressed together so it was very hard to read. |
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http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?RpgLanguage
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