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Re:The IBM System/360: the first modular, general-purpose co... by flomo on Friday August 26, 2016 @12:09AM (#12364185)
Worth mentioning that this investment figure would have included lots of stuff beyond what our current minds consider the "computer". It would have also included I/O systems, disk & tape storage, communications, terminals, printers, and etc. A lot of this was close to bleeding edge. S/360 was a "system", and that meant a lot of optional peripherals you could buy.

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