Reproducing old machines with newer technology

[Cory Heisterkamp]

Buchholz's 'Planning a Computer System: Project Stretch' is a good start,
but I'd be interested in hearing about any other technical sources that
folks know about. -C

amturing.acm.org/Buchholz_102636426.pdf

On Tue, Jul 14, 2015 at 10:58 AM, Jay Jaeger <cube1 at charter.net> wrote:

> I wonder if there is anywhere near enough information available to do a
> Stretch.
>
> JRJ
>
> On 7/14/2015 6:53 AM, Noel Chiappa wrote:
> >     > From: Jay Jaeger
> >
> >     > I am going to attempt to do the same for IBM's 1410 computer - a
> really
> >     > big effort.
> >
> > Now, the IBM machine you (or someone) should _really_ do is the IBM
> Stretch
> > (7030); although judged a commercial failure at the time, in retrospect
> it's
> > clearly one of the most ground-breaking designs of all time. (In fact, I
> have
> > a hard time coming up with other machines with the same level of
> > impact/influence, in terms of CPU internal architecture. Maybe Atlas, or
> the
> > 801?)
> >
> >       Noel
> >
>