7 April 1964: Happy Birthday, IBM System/360

["Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

Yeah, I've done S/360/370 assembler on punchcards. So?  :-)

Text via Wikipedia.

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The IBM System/360 (S/360) is a mainframe computer system family announced by International Business Machines on April 
7, 1964. It was the first family of computers making a clear distinction between architecture and implementation. The 
chief architect of the S/360 was Gene Amdahl.

The S/360 was the most expensive CPU project in history. (The most expensive project of the 1960s was the Apollo 
program for moon exploration. IBM's System/360 was the second most expensive. S/360 machines were also heavily used in 
the Apollo project.) Fortune Magazine at the time referred to the project as IBM's "$5 billion gamble," and they were 
right. IBM absolutely bet the company on the System/360. (US$5 billion in 1964 dollars translates to about $30 billion 
in 2005 dollars.) The bet paid off.

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http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/2006/04/7-april-1964-happy-birthday-ibm.html

- ferg


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