17 Jul
2008
17 Jul
'08
2 a.m.
Hi all,
I am looking for information and most importantly a picture of the IBM 360 mod 70.
What I know about it is :
It was introduced in 1964 along with the "30, 40, 50, and 60's.
There were mockups and photos of the 360 family made, 8x10's were sent out to key
sales people and
press as part of a product launch kit of some sort, most with an assortment of disclaimers
on the back.
As I understand it, the 360 Mod 70 was never shipped.
But what happened to it?
It has been said that it evolved into the Mod 75 before it hit the streets.
Was it shipped to an undisclosed location, under a new GSA number?
Or was it scrapped early in life, and gave up its core to something else?
if so what?
My first question is what did it, or was it suspose to look like.
What I am real interested in is any picture showing the console.
Bob Bradlee
17 Jul
17 Jul
2:22 a.m.
Bob Bradlee wrote:
Hi all,
I am looking for information and most importantly a picture of the IBM 360 mod 70.
What I know about it is :
It was introduced in 1964 along with the "30, 40, 50, and 60's.
There were mockups and photos of the 360 family made, 8x10's were sent out to key
sales people and
press as part of a product launch kit of some sort, most with an assortment of
disclaimers on the back.
As I understand it, the 360 Mod 70 was never shipped.
But what happened to it?
It has been said that it evolved into the Mod 75 before it hit the streets.
Was it shipped to an undisclosed location, under a new GSA number?
Or was it scrapped early in life, and gave up its core to something else?
if so what?
My first question is what did it, or was it suspose to look like.
What I am real interested in is any picture showing the console.
I thought the S/360/70 was just *renamed* the S/360/75 for marketing
reasons.
Peace... Sridhar
2:38 a.m.
Sridhar wrote:
I thought the S/360/70 was just *renamed* the S/360/75
for marketing
reasons.
Models 60, 62, and 70 were announced in April of 1964. During
development, they improved the designs enough that they substantially
exceeded the promised performance, and eliminated the reason for having
separate models 60 and 62. Rather than introducing the machines under
those previously announced model numbers, which would have led to
confusion regarding the specs, they announced them as the models 65 and 75.
Eric
2:32 a.m.
Bob wrote:
As I understand it, the 360 Mod 70 was never shipped.
But what happened to it?
It has been said that it evolved into the Mod 75 before it hit the streets.
As far as I've ever heard, no model 60, 62, or 70 systems were ever
built. I would expect that the prototype hardware in development became
the 65 and 75 prototypes.
Was it shipped to an undisclosed location, under a new
GSA number?
That seems extremely unlikely. What use would the government have had
for an unsupported prototype machine? Even if the machine existed, it
wouldn't have been worthwhile for the government to buy it, or for IBM
to sell it (or even give it away). Supporting a prototype machine at a
customer site would have been a nightmare.
When the government purchased one-off (or nearly one-off) machines from
IBM, they did so because they wanted machines with capabilities not
available from the normal product line, and the machines were still
considered to be production, fully supported IBM products, e.g. the two
360/95 systems built for NASA, or the one-of-a-kind HARVEST (IBM 7950
Data Processing System) build for the NSA.
My first question is what did it, or was it suspose to
look like.
What I am real interested in is any picture showing the console.
If a model 70 had been built, the console would probably have looked
about the same as the console of the model 75.
Eric
2:33 a.m.
As I understand it, the 360 Mod 70 was never shipped.
But what happened to it?
It has been said that it evolved into the Mod 75 before it hit the streets.
Was it shipped to an undisclosed location, under a new GSA number?
Or was it scrapped early in life, and gave up its core to something else?
if so what?
Was it ever built? I would guess it was no more than paper.
Not weird or shameful...every company has a few abortions.
--
Will
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