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IBM System/370, a 32-bit mainframe computer system family announced on June 30, 1970 as successors of the System/360, maintaining backward compatibility. The original System/370 line underwent several architectural improvements during its roughly 20-year lifetime. One very significant change was the introduction of virtual memory, which was first made generally available in 1972. IBM System/370 Model 145 uses silicon memory chips, rather than the magnetic core technology. Monolithic circuitry also is used throughout the Model 145's central processor to perform all of the system's arithmetic and logic functions.

=IBM 4300= The IBM 4300 series of computers were mid-range systems, various models of which were sold from 1979 through 1992. The systems were compatible with the System/370 architecture.

=Chess Programs=
 * Awit
 * Bobby
 * Bs6676
 * Duchess
 * Fischer/Schneider
 * Kaissa
 * Merlin
 * Proscha
 * Samiel
 * USC CP
 * Xenarbor

=See also=
 * Amdahl 470
 * IBM 360
 * PDP-6
 * Siemens-System 7.800

=Selected Publications=
 * Allan R. Emery, Michael T. Alexander (1975). A Performance Comparison of the Amdahl 470V/6 and the IBM 370/168. Computer Measurement Group, October 1975, San Francisco, California, pdf » AMDAHL 470
 * David K. Gifford, Alfred Z. Spector (1987). Case Study: IBM’S System/360-370 Architecture. Communications of the ACM, Vol. 30, No. 4, pdf
 * Emerson W. Pugh, Lyle R. Johnson, John H. Palmer (1991). IBM's 360 and Early 370 Systems. The MIT Press

=External Links=
 * IBM System/370 from Wikipedia
 * IBM 3090 from Wikipedia
 * IBM 4300 from Wikipedia

IBM Archives

 * IBM Archives: System/370 Announcement
 * IBM Archives: System/370 Model 135
 * IBM Archives: System/370 Model 145
 * IBM Archives: System/370 Model 158
 * IBM Archives: System/370 Model 168
 * IBM Archives: 4331 Processor
 * IBM Archives: 4341 Processor
 * IBM Archives: 4361 Processor model 3
 * IBM Archives: 4381 Processor Model Groups 1, 2, and 3

Operating System

 * MVS from Wikipedia
 * VM (operating system) from Wikipedia
 * Hercules (emulator) from Wikipedia

Assembly

 * 360 Assembly - Wikibooks
 * The 370 Instruction Set, Assembler Coding Examples

Misc

 * Starring the Computer - IBM System/370
 * Starring the Computer - The Thief Who Came to Dinner (1973)

=References=

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