> >I'd blame the S/34 on the S/3, but not the S/38. The S/38 was an
> >outgrowth of the FS project.
> >...
> 
> I thought the AS/400 grew out of the 8100, but I suppose it may
> have had mixed parentage.  (Or I may be remembering wrong.)

The FS project begat the System/38
The System/38 begat the AS/400 (Silverlake) circa 87? 88?

However, IIRC at the time IBM claimed the AS/400 was able to run both
S/36 and S/38 applications - typically RPG stuff anyway. 

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