IBM System/360

[jbasniakgm112]

Aren't you rasteri?

[machinesthatcount]

Yes the machine still exists - I filmed it in the preparation of this video. It's complete but in very poor condition and some surface refinishing was undertaken to get it into 'display-ready' condition for the exhibition in which it featured. It is currently in storage at the Museum Of Transport & Technology here in Auckland - along with a Meccano differential analyzer and a few it other gems from history

[machinesthatcount]

Yes the machine still exists - I filmed it in the preparation of this video. It's complete but in very poor condition and some surface refinishing was undertaken to get it into 'display-ready' condition for the exhibition in which it featured. It is currently in storage at the Museum Of Transport & Technology here in Auckland - along with a Meccano differential analyzer and a few it her gems from history

[toresbe]

Is the computer still there? I am only aware of a very few System/360 computers in existance. One is a /24 in the Computer History Museum in California, and there is a /20 in Berlin, IIRC.

[quadibloc]

The machine pictured at 0:19 is a System/360 Model 40, not a Model 30. At 0:49 we see a Model 30.

[YTM021807]

Nice video. thanks! 

[fan0412]

wow thank's for this video; i have work on this machine :D

[poobert]

Can I play Crysis on this or do I need to up the video card a little?

[quadibloc]

@poobert To have graphics that update in real time, you would need to add a 2250 display unit; but that works like the old Vectrex video game. Also, the Model 30 and 40 computers pictured were not very powerful. To get a computer which had both cache and pipelining, like a modern Pentium, you would need the top-of-the-line Model 195. And even that ran at about 16 MHz - rather than the 60 MHz of the first Pentiums.

[Riskteven]

@poobert in what decade did the performance of an average home computer exceed the System/360 when it comes to computing power?

[Zorack10]

wow this and a IBM 1130 I used in the 70's

[bigchristiaan]

That girl in purple is hot