29 Jan
2013
29 Jan
'13
3:18 p.m.
On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 10:04:24AM -0500, Christian Gauger-Cosgrove wrote:
On 29 January 2013 05:39, <microcode at
zoho.com> wrote:
No. Every series until the IBM CMOS machines was water cooled as far as I
remember although not every model in every line was water cooled. Up through
S/390 and including the ES/9000. Even the lowly 43XX (which was more
powerful than the biggest VAX ever made) was watercooled.
Everywhere I ever worked until the CMOS days had watercooled machines and
raised floor. That was the real "big iron" worthy of being called machines.
http://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/exhibits/mainframe/mainframe_intro4.html
Watercooled IBM machines like S/360, S/370. If it
isn't watercooled and
doesn't need raised floor, it's just a mini.
By that logic, the only machines that count are the System/360 Model
85 and the 195.
Since the other S/360s and S/370s were air-cooled.