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• Digital Equipment Corporation
  ...mputers in the world. Their product range eventually extended from small [[mainframe]]s to [[personal computer]]s. [[Category: Manufacturers]]
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• International Business Machines
  * [[System/360]] and [[System/370]] [[mainframe]] systems * [http://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/exhibits/mainframe/mainframe_basinfo.html IBM Mainframes - Basic information sources]
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• IBM System/360
  | form factor = [[mainframe]] The '''System/360''' is a ground-breaking family of [[mainframe]] computers introduced by [[International Business Machines|IBM]]. In addit
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• Channel
  They are most commonly found on [[mainframe]] systems; on smaller machines, mechanisms such as [[Direct Memory Access|D Channels were apparently first introduced with the [[IBM 709]], and other manufacturers copied the idea.
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• Scientific Data Systems
  '''Scientific Data Systems''' was an early manufacturer of small [[mainframe]]s, mostly for scientific/engineering work. They enjoyed some success with [[Category: Computer Manufacturers]]
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• Control Data Corporation
  ...as the acronym, '''CDC''') was a company which had its main strengths in [[mainframe]]s, and later, in [[supercomputer]]s especially. [[Category: Manufacturers]]
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• Plug compatible
  ...sed of other items, like [[main memory]]) were devices made by third-party manufacturers which could be plugged into systems made by another manufacturer, and opera ...onal Business Machines|IBM]] [[mainframe]]s, but rapidly expanded to other manufacturers, such as [[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]].
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• Berkeley Computer Corporation
  ...ot a prototype [[BCC 500]] mostly done, in 1970, their funding (from the [[mainframe]] leasing company Data Processing Financial & General (DPF&G)) was cut off, [[Category: Computer Manufacturers]]
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• General Electric
  ...of computers: smaller computers for military and aerospace applications; [[mainframe]]s; and it was also involved in commercial data processing (notably check p [[Category: Manufacturers]]
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• Supermini
  ...traditional [[minicomputer]], but were not as large or as powerful as a [[mainframe]]. They had a brief period of popularity, before [[personal computer]]s too ...ller and faster [[microcomputer]]-based machines, to the great distress to manufacturers like DEC.
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• Valid Logic Systems
  ...nning on a [[VAX]] or [[International Business Machines|IBM]]-compatible [[mainframe]]. Within a few years, the (still proprietary) workstations were powerful e [[Category: Software Manufacturers]]
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• IBM I/O channel
  ...ce allowed a [[device controller]] to connect to a [[channel]] on an IBM [[mainframe]]; the channel could transfer data to the [[main memory]] of the machine wi ...ed on [[IBM System/370]]s and compatible machines, as well as others; some manufacturers provided them on their machines as a way to connect IBM-compatible peripher
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