IBM's 360 and early 370 systems / Emerson W. Pugh, Lyle R. Johnson, and John H. Palmer. [electronic resource]

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pugh, Emerson W.

Contributor:

Johnson, Lyle R.

Palmer, John H.

Series:

History of computing

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

IBM 360 (Computer).

IBM 370 (Computer).

IBM computers--History.

IBM computers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xx, 819 p. ) ill. ;

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c1991.

Summary:

No new product offering has had greater impact on the computer industry than the IBM System/360. IBM's 360 and Early 370 Systems describes the creation of this remarkable system and the developments it spawned, including its successor, System/370. The authors tell how System/360's widely-copied architecture came into being and how IBM failed in an effort to replace it ten years later with a bold development effort called FS, the Future System. --from publisher description.

Contents:

Embracing electronics

Circuit technology gamble

Unified product line

Memories and control stores

Strength in storage products

Software support

High-end computers

Monolithics and new systems

New challenges in storage

Toward terminal-oriented systems

In retrospect.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [679]-791) and index.