The IBM System/370 architecture: its development over 25 years
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Robert W. Doran, Author
Production date
1987
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Accession number
MSS-2020-7.27
Maker
Description
"25 years coming up time for a stocktaking amazing development what else can I say it runs the world, little known about it, especially new development influence, Japanese, Spectra - 70 - ICL System IV. Wang. Russian computers. Retrospective, literature only IBM. Known by pejoratives, second hand. Outline what it is really like. Very little critical, not negative, difficult because of H/S tradeoff. Almost all internal, not going to admit mistakes. IBM hardware and software often mixed. Separate OS from hardware. How it differs fro other machines nowadays. Try to keep at a high readable level. Only spent 6 years keeping abreast, much before and after. Cant [sic] know everything, especially what went on inside IBM. Hope not too many errors, regard as preliminary, hope to produce fuller version later. Outside may have wrong end of stick also." --Summary
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Physical description
5 pages ; 29.5 cm
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Credit line
Robert W. Doran. 1987. The IBM System/370 architecture: its development over 25 years, MSS-2020-7.27. Walsh Memorial Library, The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).
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