The IBM System/370, announced on June 30, 1970 as the successor to the System/360 family, is a range of computers spanning entry-level machines to mainframes. It mostly maintained backward compatibility with the System/360, easing customer migration, and combined with improved performance to become a dominant computing platform and a major commercial success for IBM.
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SignificanceIts backward compatibility with the System/360 eased customer migration and, with improved performance, was a dominant theme of the announcement 1 Connections
Preceded By
IBM System/360, Systems IBM System/370, introduced in 1970, was the direct architectural successor to the System/360, completing the mainframe lineage that already connects System/370 through System/390 to IBM Z in this atlas.
Predecessor Of
IBM System/390, Systems IBM System/390 implements ESA/390, the fifth generation of the System/360 architecture line that includes System/370.
Sources
1. IBM System/370 - Wikipedia
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The series mostly maintains backward compatibility with the S/360, allowing an easy migration path for customers; this, plus improved performance, were the dominant themes of the product announcement.
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