In
<of1f538c10.ebd61925-on852578c0.0070d100-852578c0.00713...@tsys.com>,
on 07/01/2011
   at 04:36 PM, Kirk Talman <[email protected]> said:

>If this is the beast I think it is, it attached only to 360s as a
>channel  that had outboard channels.  Memory (no bit correction) says
>that was 44,  65, 75, 91, and 165/8 on 370.  May be more.  The
>"programs" were channel  programs.  I was told that this was the
>reason the 44 was created.  And  that it was 65 + lobotomy.

My understanding is that the 2044 was a hardwired machine unrelated to
the 2065. It was fast but had no SS instructions. There was a feature
that added shadow memory and a simulator for commercial instructions,
and it was possible to run OS/360 using that simulator.
 
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