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 IBM System/360 Model 85. View of system console. The left side has a Microfiche Document Viewer | |
| Manufacturer | International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) |
|---|---|
| Product family | System/360 |
| Memory | 512 K - 4 M Core |
The IBM System/360 Model 85 is a high-end member of the System/360 family of computers, with many advanced features, and was announced in January 1968 and first shipped in December 1969.[1] IBM built only about 30 360/85 systems[1][2] because of "a recession in progress".[3]
- ^ a b Pugh, Emerson W.; Johnson, Lyle R.; Palmer, John H. (1991). IBM's 360 and Early 370 Systems. Cambridge: MIT Press. p. 419. ISBN 0-262-16123-0.
- ^ but it was noted in http://hercules-390.yahoogroups.narkive.com/ritmdhO6/the-360-91-and-associated-machines that "a 360/85 was delivered from when a 91 was ordered until it was ready." This same source, after quoting from Pugh et al adds "Many disagree on the number of 360/91s that IBM built or sold. I have read and heard it authoritatively stated that the number was 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, or 20."
- ^ The recession's most important effect regarding the high-end mainframes was a matter of less available government money, as noted in https://history.nasa.gov/SP-4221/ch7.htm ("CHAPTER 7: AEROSPACE RECESSION"). By contrast, the Bureau of Labor Statistics says "From the early 1960s through the mid-1980s, the outlook for growth in the computer manufacturing industry was, for most of the period, unusually optimistic." http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/1986/09/art2full.pdf