In the System/36’s case, IBM’s own Application System/400 line was the newer model and could support newer software. By the end of 1992, according to IBM, the company had shipped 200,000 AS/400 ...

Time progressed and IBM moved on to the System/3x (for example, the System/32). Next up was the AS/400 and finally the IBM i, which is still in production.

A minicomputer from IBM. Introduced in 1983, earlier System/34 applications had to be recompiled to run in the System/36. The typical system supported from a handful to a couple dozen terminals.

IBM’s president at the time, Tom Watson, Jr., killed off other IBM computer lines and put the company’s full force behind the System/360. IBM’s revenue swelled to $8.3 billion by 1971, up ...

The brains of the IBM System/360. These circuits were faster, denser and ate up less energy than previous models. IBM That massive computer in the latest season of Mad Men is the real thing.

50 years ago today, IBM unveiled the System/360 mainframe, a groundbreaking computer that allowed new levels of compatibility between systems and helped NASA send astronauts to the Moon.

IBM’s president at the time, Tom Watson, Jr., killed off other IBM computer lines and put the company’s full force behind the System/360. IBM’s revenue swelled to $8.3 billion by 1971, up ...