Talk:IBM 8100

Latest comment: 3 years ago by Chatul in topic Competition with S/1

Memories

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I'm not sure how much of this could be turned into something suitable for inclusion in the article, but I do remember managing a number of 8100s back in the 80s. 25 of them, if I remember correctly, all 8140s, most of them connected via 56k V.35 connections to the mainframe. And what felt like a million 3104 terminals!

I also remember seeing the three models and thinking that the 8130 looked like a small refrigerator, an 8140 like a chest freezer, and and 8150 like a large upright fridge/freezer. --ClickRick (talk) 12:44, 5 May 2009 (UTC)Reply


Reference

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The Systems Journal reference has moved - http://www.research.ibm.com/journal/sj/182/ibmsj1802K.pdf no longer valid. The article to which I *think* it refers (http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=5387998) has no mention of UC that I can see ... Simon Marchese (talk) 23:07, 4 May 2010 (UTC)Reply

Competition with S/1

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Should the article mention the competition between the 8100 and the Series/1? Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz Username:Chatul (talk) 12:37, 28 February 2021 (UTC)Reply