4 Jan
1998
4 Jan
'98
11:14 p.m.
For the sake of those reader not too thrilled about the current Linux and
x86 threads (zzzzz...), I offer the following update...
I received a bit mopre information about the units, and either they are
all pieces of a single Burroughs machine, or several individual machines.
What is not clear is what model they are.
I hope to get more information soon. The current owners have the things
half buried in surplus junk (probably good stuff, too!), so I may need to
prod them along.
Does anyone on this list have any sort of data on Burroughs machines? I
would like to get some sort of summary on the different models before
taking any possible plunges into the "real big iron" world.
William Donzelli
william(a)ans.net
8 Jan
8 Jan
9:55 p.m.
William Donzelli wrote:
Does anyone on this list have any sort of data on
Burroughs machines? I
would like to get some sort of summary on the different models before
taking any possible plunges into the "real big iron" world.
Actually B had a quite reasonable naming strategy :
B xyzz e.g B 4720
x was the architecture :
1 "minicomputer", bit addressable memory
2,3,4 COBOL oriented mainframe, decimal arithmetic
5,6,7 Mainframe large systems, stack based 48
bit words
y was the generation usually starting at 5 going to 9, again the
larger the number the more powerful the system
zz was the model number
In all cases the larger numbers indicate larger and more powerful
systems.
They also had the B700 B800 B900 series of minicomputers and the B80 and
B90 micro computer series.
This description is quite rough and ready, but the numbering was quite
logical in its time.
Hope this helps, once you get a system name I can provide more
information.
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Hans B. Pufal : <mailto:hansp@digiweb.com>
Comprehensive Computer Catalogue : <http://www.digiweb.com/~hansp/ccc/>
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