Thoughts on IBM 360

From	The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.misc
Subject	Thoughts on IBM 360
Date	2025-04-03 12:29 +0100
Organization	A little, after lunch
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"The 1967 IBM System/360 Model 91 could execute up to 16.6 million 
instructions per second. The larger 360 models could have up to 8 MB of 
main memory though that much memory was unusual; a large installation 
might have as little as 256 KB of main storage, but 512 KB, 768 KB or 
1024 KB was more common. Up to 8 megabytes of slower (8 microsecond) 
Large Capacity Storage (LCS) was also available for some models. "

[Wiki]

A Raspberry PI PICO could outperform that.

A Pi Zero certainly could.

"Application-level compatibility (with some restrictions) for System/360 
software is maintained to the present day with the System z mainframe 
servers. "

COBOL for a PI! It has to make sense...with a hundred PCS telnetted into 
it for data entry...

There are a few 360s still around in museums or the hands of enthusiasts

http://www.ibmsystem3.nl/System360/



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This makes me unfit for the company of people of a Left persuasion, and 
all women"

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Thoughts on IBM 360 The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-04-03 12:29 +0100
  Re: Thoughts on IBM 360 rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-04-03 18:19 +0000
  Re: Thoughts on IBM 360 Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-04-03 20:43 +0000
    Re: Thoughts on IBM 360 c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-04-03 17:04 -0400
  Re: Thoughts on IBM 360 Woozy Song <suzyw0ng@outlook.com> - 2025-04-05 08:47 +0800
    Re: Thoughts on IBM 360 John McCue <jmccue@magnetar.jmcunx.com> - 2025-04-05 11:57 +0000

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