The IBM 700/7000 series is a series of large-scale computer systems that were made by IBM through the 1950s and early 1960s. The series includes several different, incompatible processor architectures
An IBM 704 mainframe at NACA in 1957
IBM 701 operator's console
IBM 7090's at NASA's Project Mercury, 1962
Logic module from a 700 series IBM computer featuring 5965 vacuum tubes
The IBM System/360 is a family of computer systems announced by IBM on April 7, 1964, and delivered between 1965 and 1978. System/360 was the first family of computers designed to cover both commercia
IBM 700/7000 series
…700s use vacuum-tube logic and were made obsolete by the introduction of the transistorized 7000s. The 7000s, in turn, were eventually replaced with System/360, which was announced in 1964. However the 360/65, the first 360 powerful enough to replace 7000s, did not become available until November 1965. Early…
IBM System/360 Model 30 central processor unit (CPU)
IBM System/360 Model 20 CPU with front panels removed, with IBM 2560 MFCM (Multi-Function Card Machine)
IBM System/360 Model 30 CPU (red, middle of picture), tape drives to its left, and disk drives to its right, at the Computer History Museum
IBM System/360 Model 50 CPU, computer operator's console, and peripherals at Volkswagen