Family of 1960s mainframe computers
The CDC 6000 series is a discontinued family of mainframe computers manufactured by Control Data Corporation in the 1960s.[ 1] It consisted of the CDC 6200,[ 2] CDC 6300, CDC 6400 , CDC 6500 ,[ 3] CDC 6600 and CDC 6700 [ 4] computers, which were all extremely rapid and efficient for their time. Each is a large, solid-state , general-purpose, digital computer that performs scientific and business data processing as well as multiprogramming , multiprocessing , Remote Job Entry , time-sharing , and data management tasks under the control of the operating system called SCOPE (Supervisory Control Of Program Execution).[ 5] [ 6] [ 7] By 1970[ 8] there also was a time-sharing oriented operating system named KRONOS.[ 9] They were part of the first generation of supercomputers .[ 10] The 6600 was the flagship of Control Data's 6000 series.[ 11] [ 12]
CDC 6600 computer. Display console shown in the foreground, main system cabinet in background, with memory/logic/wiring to the left and middle, and power/cooling generation and control to the right.
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