On 9/23/22 13:38, Paul Koning via cctalk wrote:
On Sep 23, 2022, at 1:35 PM, Chuck Guzis <[email protected]> wrote:
On 9/23/22 09:53, Paul Koning wrote:
Those are good examples, but is it "many" or just those two and maybe one or two more?
For example, Burroughs and IBM mainframes were both very much "lights and switches"
control panel type machines. For that matter, so were the other CDC products; the 6000 series was
a bit of an outlier I think.
How many supercomputers were there in the 1960s? I suppose you could
count the 360/195 as a ridiculous example of the opposite approach, but
eventually, even IBM saw the light.
--Chuck
Yes, I was thinking "mainframes" not limited to "supercomputers". Then again, from what
I remember of the one starring in "War Games", the Connection Machine had oodles of lights.
It's been a long time but I seem to remember that the 1401 had
about the same number of lights and switches as an IMSAI. :-)
I think the IMSAI was more powerful.
bill
