A Complete History Of Mainframe Computing

[Rich Alderson]

> From: Liam Proven
> Sent: Tuesday, June 30, 2009 5:00 PM

> Tom's Hardware - a popular site for PC hardware tweakers and
> overclockers - has done an ambitious article on the development of the
> mainframe:

> http://www.tomshardware.com/picturestory/508-mainframe-computer-history.html

> It's a little American-centric but it's not at all bad.

*American*-centric!?!  How about *IBM*-centric?!?

After the 1960s, the only non-IBM product mentioned is the (minicomputer)
VAX-11/780.  (OK, *super*minicomputer, but even so...)

And in the 1960s, the only other DEC product mentioned is *the PDP-8*????
(with a brushoff for several years of successful sales prior to the -8, no
less.)  Another mini, and no acknowledgement of the PDP-10 mainframe on which
the bulk of the development of the modern Internet took place.

It would be nice if they knew what they were talking about.

IMAO,
Rich