AM, Liam Proven wrote:
I don't know if this memoir is well-known or not, but I thought it
might interest.
«
The Burroughs B5900 and E-Mode
A bridge to 21st Century Computing
By Jack Allweiss Copyright 2010
My name is Jack A. Allweiss, also known as “The Father of the B5900
System”.
...@gmail.com writes:
The Burroughs B5900 and E-Mode
A bridge to 21st Century Computing
By Jack Allweiss Copyright 2010
My name is Jack A. Allweiss, also known as “The Father of the B5900
System”. I did not give myself that title, my friends and co-workers
at Burroughs Corporation did, and I consider
On Thu, 15 Oct 2015, Geoffrey Oltmans wrote:
IIRC, IBM liked to refer to them as planar boards...
That's right. I explained one account of WHY IBM refused to call it a
"motherboard".
IIRC, IBM liked to refer to them as planar boards...
On Thu, Oct 15, 2015 at 2:34 PM, Mark Linimon wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 15, 2015 at 10:18:46AM -0700, Fred Cisin wrote:
> > Wasn't the B5900 from 1980?
>
> Hmm. I guess my mind put "B5500" for "B5900".
>
> mcl
>
Wasn't the B5900 from 1980?
On Thu, 15 Oct 2015, Mark Linimon wrote:
Hmm. I guess my mind put "B5500" for "B5900".
Yeah, that would make a difference.
Wikipedia (not necessarily reliable) lists the B5500 at 1964,
and the B5900 in 1980.
OED researchers found published use of "motherboard" in
On Thu, Oct 15, 2015 at 10:18:46AM -0700, Fred Cisin wrote:
> Wasn't the B5900 from 1980?
Hmm. I guess my mind put "B5500" for "B5900".
mcl
On Thu, Oct 15, 2015 at 10:38 AM, tony duell
wrote:
> > "Motherboard" was around then, although Burroughs might not have used it.
> > Burroughs might very well have been more inclined to call it "backplane".
>
> I generally use the term 'motherboard' for the sort of thing you find in an
> IBM5150
> "Motherboard" was around then, although Burroughs might not have used it.
> Burroughs might very well have been more inclined to call it "backplane".
I generally use the term 'motherboard' for the sort of thing you find in an
IBM5150 or Apple ][ -- that is a board with a lot of electronics on i
I re-read the artical and backplane is what he called it. At least he
called the wirewrap version that.
I went back to my engineer days and tried to think what I would have
called it.
Bus board or main interconnect is all I can think of.
Rod
On 15/10/2015 18:18, Fred Cisin wrote:
Wire wra
Wire wrapped motherboard and only one in existance ! Sheesh what a risk.
On Thu, 15 Oct 2015, Mark Linimon wrote:
minor quibble: I doubt they called it a "motherboard" in that time frame.
More likely "backplane".
Wasn't the B5900 from 1980?
"Motherboard" was around then, although Burroughs mig
On Thu, Oct 15, 2015 at 03:07:42PM +0100, Rod Smallwood wrote:
> Wire wrapped motherboard and only one in existance ! Sheesh what a risk.
minor quibble: I doubt they called it a "motherboard" in that time frame.
More likely "backplane".
mcl
Yes execellent.
Wire wrapped motherboard and only one in existance ! Sheesh what a risk.
An order for 30 systems from Midland Bank for an unbuilt untested computer?
Rod Smallwood
I have seen reference to the mainframe market actually growing again.
Is who is left in te game apart from IBM?
On 14 October 2015 at 17:15, Noel Chiappa wrote:
> Wow! What a fabulous story/writeup! Highly recommend to everyone.
Oh good -- glad someone else enjoyed it. :-)
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I stumbled upon that site a few months ago ... It's a great read! I wish he
wrote more :O
Best,
Sean
On Wed, Oct 14, 2015 at 9:33 AM, Liam Proven wrote:
> I don't know if this memoir is well-known or not, but I thought it
> might interest.
>
> «
>
> The Burroughs
> From: Liam Proven
> I don't know if this memoir is well-known or not, but I thought it
> might interest.
> ...
> http://jack.hoa.org/hoajaa/BurrMain.html
Wow! What a fabulous story/writeup! Highly recommend to everyone.
Noel
I don't know if this memoir is well-known or not, but I thought it
might interest.
«
The Burroughs B5900 and E-Mode
A bridge to 21st Century Computing
By Jack Allweiss Copyright 2010
My name is Jack A. Allweiss, also known as “The Father of the B5900
System”. I did not give myself
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