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Re:Building the System/360 Mainframe Nearly Destroyed IBM by wglb on Tuesday April 08, 2025 @01:22PM (#43624210)
> 360 and it's successors were not that big in scientific computing

I do believe that is true.

IBM did have the Model 90 series, which was on the way to being a supercomputer.

Bur during that time CDC with the 6400/6600 etc was likely bigger in scientific computing.

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Re:Building the System/360 Mainframe Nearly Destroyed IBM by hh2222 on Tuesday April 08, 2025 @06:06PM (#43626944)
The 360 played a pivotal role in the Apollo program.
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