On Thu, Feb 25, 2016 at 12:11 PM, Mike Schwab <[email protected]> wrote:
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_700/7000_series > Basically, the IBM 7xx and 7xxx had 4 branches in the family tree. > Each incompatible with the other. The IBM 360 was a common design to > satisfy all customers with one product. Businesses go the decimal > instructions, science labs got the floating point instructions, time > sharing sites got virtual memory (67). By the time 31 bit addressing > came out, every machine had every instruction available for that > model. > > On Wed, Feb 24, 2016 at 9:34 PM, Lizette Koehler > <[email protected]> wrote: > > I was trolling for information on what the 360 indicated in the > System/360 (yes > > the old one) and came across this video > > > > > > > > Thought some might enjoy the walk down memory lane. The S/360 Model 30 > had 1MB > > of memory (I think) at the time. > > > > > > > > > > > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4kyTg9Cw8g > > > > > > > > Lizette Koehler > > > > statistics: A precise and logical method for stating a half-truth > inaccurately > > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > > -- > Mike A Schwab, Springfield IL USA > Where do Forest Rangers go to get away from it all? > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- OREXXMan ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
