William Donzelli wrote:
> Does anyone on this list have any sort of data on Burroughs machines? I
> would like to get some sort of summary on the different models before
> taking any possible plunges into the "real big iron" world.
Actually B had a quite reasonable naming strategy :
B xyzz e.g B 4720
x was the architecture :
1 "minicomputer", bit addressable memory
2,3,4 COBOL oriented mainframe, decimal arithmetic
5,6,7 Mainframe large systems, stack based 48
bit words
y was the generation usually starting at 5 going to 9, again the
larger the number the more powerful the system
zz was the model number
In all cases the larger numbers indicate larger and more powerful
systems.
They also had the B700 B800 B900 series of minicomputers and the B80 and
B90 micro computer series.
This description is quite rough and ready, but the numbering was quite
logical in its time.
Hope this helps, once you get a system name I can provide more
information.
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Hans B. Pufal : <mailto:hansp_at_digiweb.com>
Comprehensive Computer Catalogue : <http://www.digiweb.com/~hansp/ccc/>
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Received on Fri Jan 09 1998 - 05:55:37 GMT