Building the System/360 Mainframe Nearly Destroyed IBM

He also proposed a bold new base technology for all future systems, called Solid Logic Technology (SLT), to make IBM’s machines more competitive. Photos: IBM

Bob O. Evans [left] recommended killing IBM’s larger 8000 mainframe in favor of a new line of compatible computers. Customers moving to the new IBM machines would have to rewrite existing software just once to get on the path of the new system.

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