Cyhist Jan 22 1997 F
Date: Wed, 22 Jan 1997 17:22:10 -6
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From: "Gordon A. Lew" <glew@ionet.net>
Subject: Emulation
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And let's not forget that the first IBM 360 Series needed to run in 1401 emulation mode, or IBM would have been dead in the water with the 360's. There was too big an application base out there that really had no interest in making a major investment in new software to keep their accounting packages, payrolls, etc. running.
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From: "Gordon A. Lew" <glew@ionet.net>
Subject: Emulation
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And let's not forget that the first IBM 360 Series needed to run in 1401 emulation mode, or IBM would have been dead in the water with the 360's. There was too big an application base out there that really had no interest in making a major investment in new software to keep their accounting packages, payrolls, etc. running.
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