what IBM system is this?

simon simski at dds.nl
Sat Jul 4 19:20:06 CDT 2015


It is a mixed system. note the IBM 360 tapedrives in the background. 
there are more photos of this room on the site. Toby pointed to some 
documents about the computer history at cern. his link is very nice to read.

simon

On 05-07-15 02:13, Chuck Guzis wrote:
> On 07/04/2015 04:37 PM, simon wrote:
>> found in the archives of CERN, this image is beautiful! but what IBM
>> system is this.
>>
>> https://cds.cern.ch/record/1847692
>
> I don't believe you're looking at a single system.  Note the banks of
> CDC 844 disk drives in the foreground (you can even make out the
> "Control Data" logo.
>
> I suspect that the cross and 3/4 cross CPUs are CDC CYBER 170s (or 180s).
>
> So, not really IBM at all
>
> --Chuck
>
>

-- 
Met vriendelijke Groet,

Simon Claessen
drukknop.nl


More information about the cctech mailing list