IBM System/1

From: Mike Cheponis <mac_at_Wireless.Com>
Date: Sun Jul 16 23:03:43 2000

> > The 360/20. It's seems unlike to me that it was really the inspiration for
> > the minicomputer families. They had already build minicomputer-class
> > machines in the past (e.g., 650, 1401, 1620/1710), and were fairly
> > successful with them.
>
> Maybe not an inspiration, but certainly a rebirth. S/360 was supposed to
> do all the jobs for business (not counting process control or lab use).

Don't you remember the 360 slogan: It Runs The "Full Circle" of Applications!

(get it? 360, Full Circle...well, not as clever as IBM's "CADET" machine...)

-Mike Cheponis
Received on Sun Jul 16 2000 - 23:03:43 BST