Firsts - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

12 Jan 1998

Peter Prymmer wrote:

...
  incorporate integrated circuitry into what would
become S/370 computers.  
 Interestingly the architecture (or its modern desecndant) was not put on a 
 single microprocessor until just a few years ago (1995 saw the 3490 CMOS 
 mainframe on a chip).  I would not for a moment call these devices mere  
Are you sure?  I remember when I was at IBM the PC/370 was available - 
this would have been 1985-86 or possibly summer 1987.  I believe this 
was based on the 68000 circuitry with different microcode.

Tony, what date is your little 370-alike?  And how many chips?

Philip.