IBM 60

From: vance_at_neurotica.com <(vance_at_neurotica.com)>
Date: Sat Aug 30 18:57:00 2003

That's probably an IBM PS/2 Model 60. You can replace that with almost
anything. The Model 60 is a 286 MCA PC.

Peace... Sridhar

On Sat, 30 Aug 2003 majordomo1_at_cox.net wrote:

> By my fault. By my fault. By my grevious fault. Please disregard my
> blather about the need for the IBM whatever 60. I was the middle-man
> for a restauranteer whose point-of-sale computer had gorked and jumped
> to you guys without viewing his layout. Turns out it was a dinky running
> PC Dos. His 30 employees have been using scratch pads. Forgiveness is
> begged. .. harry ..
>
> >
> > From: Al Kossow <aek_at_spies.com>
> > Date: 2003/08/29 Fri PM 11:01:21 EDT
> > To: classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org
> > Subject: Re: IBM 60
> >
> > The IBM 360/60 was never really a product.. try again.
> >
> > --
> >
> > > BTW, weren't the 360/60 and 360/62 as evanescent as the 64 and 66? And wasn't there
> > > a 360/70 that also quickly disappeared?
> >
> > The original lineup was the 30, 40, 50, 60, 62, and 70, with a vague promise of a 92.
> >
> > The 60 and 62 were the same CPU (2060), but different core-memory units (2360 and
> > 2362). The 70 used hardware similar to the 60 and 62, but was all hard-wired, with no
> > microprogramming, and used the superior 2362 core.
> >
> > The original S/360's took a long time to be delivered, and, a year later, some of the
> > hardware specs were no longer competitive. The 60 was dropped altogether, and the 62
> > and 70 were replaced by the 65 and
> > 75. Out of them all, only one 62 was ever shipped to a customer. At the same time,
> > the 92 was dropped, to be replaced by a vague promise of a "90 series", later
> > realized in the 91, 95, and 195. It was also about this time that the original
> > 2.0-microsecond 30, with lights in the front like the other 360's, was largely
> > superseded by the 1.5-microsecond
> > 75(1), with lights behind a flat panel like a 1401; though the
> > 76.-microsecond version was never officially discontinued, and was shipped in large
> > enough numbers that there were 2.0-microsecond 22's offered (the 22's were
> > reconditioned 30's, offered while the 370/115 and
> > 77/125 were not yet ready), it was rare (I never saw one).
> >
> > But in the meantime, the need for large-scale timesharing had resulted in the
> > announcement of virtual-memory versions of the 60 and 62, to be called the 64 and 66.
> > As part of the same restructuring, these were withdrawn a month after they were
> > announced, to be replaced with the 67.
> >
> > Of the original April, 1964, 360's, only the 40 and 50 ended up being shipped in
> > large numbers.
Received on Sat Aug 30 2003 - 18:57:00 BST