On 4 Feb 2007 at 12:53, Brent Hilpert wrote:
Given Ampex tape drives, has the "7070"
number lead to the presumption in the
discussion that it was an IBM processor?. Might it be that it was made by
another manufacturer, and a one-off/special contract that wouldn't typically
show up in popular lineages?
Maybe someone still has the original message that started this
thread, but I seem to remember that there was something in it that
at least confirmed the 7070 architecture. I think it was the mention
of 5K words of core being standard.
Cheers,
Chuck