But that was true across the 360 line, that was the point. Same OS
ran, same programs ran. The 40 was a TROS machine, and was very much
a part of the 360 line, as was the 44. The 30 was a CCROS machine,
the 20 was really the first RCS machine (my father had one in his
little data center) and the 50/65/67 had what was just called ROS,
but was big capacitive mylar sandwiched in between planes and torqued
to produce certain voltages. The 75 was a hardwired machine, Ala
Amdahls, and the 85, if I remember, was a combo machine like the 165
(some ROS, some RCS.) The 44 was the same TROS machine, but had was a
scientific machine, I think it had a better FPU (I rarely saw one.)
But all, even including the 20, which ran TOS at least in my father's
case, were part of the 360 line, and adhered to the POP. TOS ran on
every 360, although why would you on a 65?
Doug
>...
>[1] The 360/20 and 360/40 were not really part of the line.
snip>>>>>>>>>>
I agree about the Mod 20 - a totally different beast - but Mod 40?
My only involvement with them was as an operator so I'm sure I missed a
lot of the details, but the 360/40 sure seemed a lot like the mod 30 and
Mod 50. Same operating systems ran on them. Different types of ROS,
data path widths, etc., but functionly the same things (I thought).
Are you sure you didn't mean 360/44?
Pat O'Keefe
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