Ken Shirriff wrote a fun article which he tweeted about copied below https://twitter.com/kenshirriff/status/1114925987043536896
The revolutionary IBM System/360 computers were announced 55 years ago today. These mainframes ruled the computing industry for years. Their iconic consoles, covered with lights and switches, showed internal state. I explain these consoles in my article: http://www.righto.com/2019/04/iconic-consoles-of-ibm-system360.html -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Dave Jones Sent: Monday, April 8, 2019 10:43 AM To: [email protected] Subject: S/360 is now 55 years old, as of yesterday, April 7th. An interesting story about it: https://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-history/silicon-revolution/building-the-system360-mainframe-nearly-destroyed-ibm DJ The contents of this e-mail are intended for the named addressee only. It contains information that may be confidential. Unless you are the named addressee or an authorized designee, you may not copy or use it, or disclose it to anyone else. If you received it in error please notify us immediately and then destroy it ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
