IBM S/s

From: William Donzelli <william_at_ans.net>
Date: Fri Mar 13 21:01:23 1998

Just to add to the Rollins list...

> Series/1 minicomputer 1977-1991

The PDP-11 killer that flopped. I think they were dead in the mid 1980s,
although perhaps support lasted until 1991.

> Advanced(or sometimes Application) System/400 minicomputer 1988-xxxx

Probably the only minicomputer I know of that was advertised on
television (the MASH crew). I think they were announced before 1988.

> System/88 minicomputer? Around about the same time as the Series/1

An oddball. A _repackaged_ Stratus machine!

> System/3 minicomputer This is an old one...

IBMs first mini.

> System/23 I guess this would be a minicomputer/terminal combo...

A good try at a small business micro, but a flop in the long run.

> System/32 I'm pretty sure this existed, or maybe all these numbers are
> mixing me up
> System/34 minicomputer from the mid to late 70's
> Then came the System/38,
> And THEN the System/36!

I know little about the S/32s. Anyone? Anyone?

> Personal System/2(8088-486) Around 1990 or so.

People love 'em, people hate 'em, but they sure made IBM a bundle of
money.

> Personal System/1 I don't know anything about these...

Another stab at the PeeCee market, but again, a failure.

> System/360 Mainframe from the 60's... Kinda funny. 360 as in all-around
> computing, and it matches the year, too...

They were also still in production in the 1970s.

> System/370 Mainframe from the 70's...

The family with THE BEST control panels ever. That includes KI-10s.

> System/390 Mainframe from the 90's... Hey, what happened to the 80's?

Thier current line, and selling like crazy. People are starting to once
again, enjoy the reliability and stability of old iron, now for web
hosting!

> RS/6000 Big powerful workstations...

And they are not even RISC. Damn marketers.

> ES/9000 The newest mainframes, IIRC

No, the S/390s are.

The only one not here is the S/4, an odd family made for airborne
environments.

William Donzelli
william_at_ans.net
Received on Fri Mar 13 1998 - 21:01:23 GMT