"In the accounting machine, what did the actual addition and printing operations?"
The 6400 took up 90 sq ft. Yes, it was really 10 feet by 9 feet. The electronics to do arithmetic, etc were all on what IBM called SMS cards. Basically, discrete electronics, pre-integrated circuit/SLT. The machine in the front of this picture is a 6400. https://tinyurl.com/bdpr7tbe The plugboard went in the left side of the machine. The console in the back was the ALU/Processor. Joe On Sun, May 29, 2022 at 2:53 PM Enzo D'Amato <edam...@octechservices.org> wrote: > The plug board history discussion here has been fascinating. Although I > have always been interested in vintage computers, I have never done much > research into the plug board type equipment. One of the biggest things I > have always wondered about when it comes to the plug boards was where the > processors in the system were. In the accounting machine, what did the > actual addition and printing operations? > ________________________________________ > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> on behalf > of Gary Eheman <ehe...@funsoft.com> > Sent: Sunday, May 29, 2022 10:42 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: my new z114 > > Harry: > To try and squelch a bit of misinformation here since the Internet never > forgets, Funsoft was *not* spun off from IBM. It was founded independently > and the software and hardware engineering roots were definitely not IBM. > > Enzo can contact me concerning a FLEXCUB. No need if his z114 has no ESCON > channels which would be a pre-req. > > A second unrelated intersection to your post relative to Columbia is a pic > of my father: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/computinghistory/407.html > We used the same pic when my family endowed a perpetual scholarship at > armyscholarshipfoundation.org > > On Sat, 28 May 2022 16:50:07 +0000, Harry Wahl <harry_w...@hotmail.com> > wrote: > > >Enzo, > > > >You may want to see if you can get a FlexCub which, with its PC Escon > card, will connect your z114 to a PC based platform and emulate every type > of z114 peripheral you could possibly use. > > > >Using standard Escon fiber cable, the z114 Escon connects directly to a > PC Card that is a mainframe channel adapter. Between the card's firmware > and specific PC programs in the one PC box you will be able to emulate all > the peripherals you will need. > > > >http://www.funsoft.com go to FlexCub white paper. > > > >Fundamental Software, a.k.a. Funsoft, was spun off from IBM, specifically > from their P/390 group. > > > >There are several other, similar vendors out there too. > > > > (snippage) > > >P.S.S. Also, as a professor at Columbia University in NYC, I may be able > to get you access to Columbia's museum of IBM history, including the parts > not open to the public. > >Fundamental Software, Inc.<http://www.funsoft.com/> > >System/390 on Intel-Based Servers > >www.funsoft.com > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
