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_-_Imagen_04.JPG) The 9370 system - three IBM 9309 racks, equipped with: compute nodes; storage modules; network modules. | |
| Also known as | ES/9370 |
|---|---|
| Developer | IBM |
| Release date | 1986 |
| Discontinued | 1989 |
| Operating system | MVS, VM, VSE, AIX/370, DPPX[1] |
The IBM 9370 systems are "baby mainframe" midrange computers,[2] released 1986 at the very low end of, and compatible with System/370. The media of the day, referring to the VAX systems manufactured by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC), carried IBM's alleged "VAX Killer" phrase, albeit often skeptically.[3]
- ^ "IBM ES/9370: Extending enterprise solutions". IBM. 1989. Retrieved July 9, 2022.
- ^ David E. Sanger (October 8, 1986). "I.B.M.'s Overseas Sales Slowing; Stock Plunges". The New York Times.
...the introduction of a new series of small mainframe computers, called the I.B.M. 9370 Information System, that the company is counting on to revive its offerings in the midrange computer market.
- ^ David E. Sanger (January 3, 1988). "The Moment of Truth for Big Blue". The New York Times.
appears to be slaying precious few Vaxes