It turns out these came from an old mainframe called the Bendix G-20, a successor to the ... when he is so busy on the Centurion mini-computer restoration and the monstrous single-bit vacuum ...

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In this explainer, we’ll look at the IBM mainframe computer—what it is, how it works, and why it’s still going strong after over 50 years. Setting the stage ...

Fifty years ago on April 7, IBM announced the computer that the task force had designed, the System/360.. The system eventually became a huge success for the company—and a good thing too. IBM ...

Starting in the late 1950s and lasting for several decades, the most common form of computing was based on mainframe computers. The first major blow to the dominance of mainframes came from the ...

The underlying change drivers here are resource cost and scale -with the cost equation reversed for Unix relative to the System 360 and its descendents. For example, the smallest mainframe, the ...

A small Minneapolis mainframe computer software startup is poised to change the way enterprises use and share data across the cloud.VirtualZ Computing Inc. claims to be the first and only woman-fo ...

Pro Beelink targets Mac Studio audience with second mini PC based on AMD's formidable Ryzen AI Max 395 CPU, but it won't be cheap. ... IBM unveils its most powerful mainframe yet, ...

When you think of mainframes, you probably think of spinning tape drives, reams of computer cards, and text-only, green-on-black 3270 terminals. IBM's latest mainframe, the LinuxONE Emperor 5, is ...

Fifty years ago on April 7, IBM announced the computer that the task force had designed, the System/360.. The system eventually became a huge success for the company — and a good thing too. IBM ...

Fifty years ago on April 7, IBM announced the computer that the task force had designed, the System/360.The system eventually became a huge success for the company — and a good thing too. IBM ...