19 Nov
2016
19 Nov
'16
2 p.m.
From: William Degnan
for all that I have read about the actual use of the
/20 that was not
what it was for. IBM used the /20's as a smart terminal and that kind
of thing. The thing in between the mainframe and something else
operating in a remote location, and so on.
When I was working at IBM Bermuda (as sort of an intern), they used a 360/20
as their main service bureau machine. (I'm pretty sure it was a /20, and not a
/30.) It had a card reader/punch, 4 (IIRC) tape drives, and a 1403 printer.
They had just gotten in a System/3, to replace it, but only one client had
transitioned to using it.
Noel