6 Aug
2018
6 Aug
'18
2:48 a.m.
[Moved from TUHS to COFF]
On 2018-Aug-02 08:44:56 -0400, Doug McIlroy <doug(a)cs.dartmouth.edu> wrote:
My collection of early computer manuals includes Brinch
Hansen's manual
for the RC 4000, which stands out for its precise description of the
CPU logic--in Algol 60! It's the only manual I have seen that offers a
good-to-the-last-bit formal description of the hardware.
The book "A Programming Language" by Kenneth Iverson included a formal
description of the IBM 7090 in Iverson Notation (now APL). I believe that
is the first formal description of any computer. The success of that led
IBM to include a formal description of the System/360 architecture in the
IBM Systems Journal issue introducing the S/360.
I've been told that IBM has since regretted that decision since it opened
the way for other manufacturers to clone the S/360.
--
Peter Jeremy
6 Aug
6 Aug
3:25 p.m.
New subject: [TUHS] In Memoriam: Per Brinch Hansen
On 05/08/2018, Peter Jeremy <peter(a)rulingia.com> wrote:
The book "A Programming Language" by Kenneth
Iverson included a formal
description of the IBM 7090 in Iverson Notation (now APL). I believe that
is the first formal description of any computer. The success of that led
IBM to include a formal description of the System/360 architecture in the
IBM Systems Journal issue introducing the S/360.
Blaauw & Brooks wrote a massive tome describing all manners of
machines in APL ("Computer Architecture: Concepts and Evolution",
A-W). I am not familiar with it. Is anyone on the list familiar with
it?
I've been told that IBM has since regretted that
decision since it opened
the way for other manufacturers to clone the S/360.
Interesting!
N.
7 Aug
7 Aug
1:01 a.m.
New subject: [TUHS] In Memoriam: Per Brinch Hansen
On Mon, 6 Aug 2018, Nemo wrote:
[ APL description of the S/360 ]
I think Fujitsu were the biggest clones, followed by Hitachi? And I seem
to recall at least one Russian clone...
-- Dave
I've been
told that IBM has since regretted that decision since it
opened the way for other manufacturers to clone the S/360.
Interesting! 
2:04 a.m.
New subject: [TUHS] In Memoriam: Per Brinch Hansen
On Aug 6, 2018, at 6:01 PM, Dave Horsfall
<dave(a)horsfall.org> wrote:
On Mon, 6 Aug 2018, Nemo wrote:
[ APL description of the S/360 ]
I think Fujitsu were the biggest clones, followed by Hitachi? And I seem to recall at
least one Russian clone...
The ES EVM (ЕС ЭВМ)series. At IIT Bombay we had a model EC-1030.
I've
been told that IBM has since regretted that decision since it opened the way for other
manufacturers to clone the S/360.
Interesting!
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