The IBM System/3 was an IBM midrange computer introduced in 1969, and marketed until 1985. It was produced by IBM Rochester in Minnesota as a low-end business computer aimed at smaller organizations that still used IBM 1400 series computers or unit record equipment. The first member of what IBM refers to as their "midrange" line, it also introduced the RPG II programming language. It is the first ancestor in the product line whose current version is the IBM i series and includes the highly successful AS/400.
IBM System/3 model 10 in Museo Nazionale della Scienza e della Tecnologia, Milan
System/3 processing unit and 5496 keypunch
Model 4 (1976)
Model 6 (1970)
Midrange computers, or midrange systems, were a class of computer systems that fell in between mainframe computers and microcomputers.
IBM System/3, a midrange computer introduced in 1969
The S/38 (without case), the S/36, and the S/34 systems