I remember the IBM marketing team calling it the "VAX Killer". Our company bought the VAX instead of the 9370.
-----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf Of Phil Smith III Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2020 4:05 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Remember the 9370? [External Email. Exercise caution when clicking links or opening attachments.] George Rodriguez wrote: >Sorry, I was thinking about the 3370... The 9370 was a small computer >system that we used in the Engineering department. Right, it was the early rack-mount 370 from IBM (1988 or so). We had one, and microcode updates came as BOXES of floppies, which meant some unlucky bastard got to spend a day feeding them into the HMC (a PS/2). Less content in all the boxes than one CD, never mind a DVD or flash drive. And woe betide the poor soul who got a bad floppy on #45 of 50! Which happened. A lot. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN Confidentiality notice: This e-mail message, including any attachments, may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient(s), or the employee or agent responsible for delivery of this message to the intended recipient(s), you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, or copying of this e-mail message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please immediately notify the sender and delete this e-mail message from your computer. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
