The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted to bit.listserv.ibm-main,alt.folklore.computers as well.
Anne & Lynn Wheeler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > some recent topic drift in thread that wandered into > run-up/justification for 360 > http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2007t.html#63 Remembering the CDC 6600 > http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2007t.html#65 Remembering the CDC 6600 > > also referenced in the above, there was an failed/aborted attempt to > take a large detour in the early 70s with the future system > effort > http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/subtopic.html#futuresys > > motivated by the growth in the plug-compatible controller business ... > discussed in more detail in this recent post > http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2007r.html#74 System 360 EBCDIC vs. ASCII re: http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2007t.html#68 T3 Sues IBM To Break its Mainframe Monopoly i wasn't exactly unbiased ... i had somewhat ridiculed the future system effort during the period (drawing comparison with a cult movie that had been playing down in central sq) and continued to work on 370 stuff (including making statements about the resource manager, that i already had running, was better than the theoritical pipe dreams being specified in future system architecture documents). slightly related old email from the period http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2006v.html#email731212 http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2006w.html#email750102 http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2006w.html#email750430 http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2006w.html#email750827 in the mad rush, after FS was killed, contributed to decisions to pickup some of the work (that i had continued to do) and ship it in products. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
