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 <cu...@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 > > >