(fwd) Happy 30th Birthday!
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On Fri, 24 Oct 2008 22:19:58 -0400, in comp.sys.ibm.sys3x.misc Mike Ross
<mi...@corestore.org> wrote:
October 24th 1978: the official announcement of the IBM System/38 (previously
codenamed 'Pacific'), the direct ancestor of the AS/400, and the only part of
the Future System project to make it into production, takes place in
Rochester. Price of standard system: $91,780.
"To the approximately 1,500 Rochester IBMers in the cafeteria, auditorium,
and room 1100, the unveiling of the IBM System/38 on October 24 marked
the end of almost eight years of effort. Described as GSD's flagship for the
80s, the "System/38 is the largest program we've ever introduced in GSD,"
said C. B. Rogers, Jr., IBM vice president and president, GSD, "and it is one
of the top three or four largest programs ever introduced in IBM."
Today....
http://www.corestore.org/38.htm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cAWArBXRhE
Cheers!
Mike
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