more on Bob Evans, IBM mainframe pioneer, dies at 77

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

And here I thought the 70x and 70x0 were just for SNOBOL :-). Yes they 
were very very multipurpose and in many ways the SOS (SHARE Operating 
System was way ahead of latter systems (minus time sharing but.. ) (May 
still be ahead ).

Yes I knew about the T and did you know that the technology for the T 
seemed to be Stretch technology


Begin forwarded message:

From: Ted Dolotta <Ted () Dolotta ORG>
Date: September 6, 2004 11:33:53 AM EDT
To: dave () farber net
Subject: RE: [IP] Bob Evans, IBM mainframe pioneer, dies at 77
Reply-To: Ted () Dolotta ORG


        *** Probably NOT for IP ***

> "Prior to the S/360, each computer was a unique system. They were made
> to an individual customer's order, and there was no continuity from
> design to design," Colette Martin, the director of zSeries products for
> IBM, told CNET News.com before the mainframe's 40th anniversary in
> April. "Prior to the S/360, they were single-application systems."

        That's not really true; as we both know, the 70X and 70X0
        were very much multi-purpose systems ...

        ted

        P.S.  Did you know that the IBM 7090 -- because it was a
                transistorized version of the IBM 709 -- was originally
                called the "709T", which eventually mutated into "7090"?

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