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by kevin_thibedeau 3433 days ago
ClearPath Dorado still had a Univac on a chip until 2015. This is actual hardware, not just software emulation.
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Yes. And they never accessed 1960 IBM Mainframe at all with their software. The title is probably intentionally misleading.

And the one they actually accessed and received query results in 6 milliseconds was introduced in 2008, not so old and slow:

https://www.app5.unisys.com/offerings/ClearPathConnection/st...

"Single image performance range of 300 MIPS at the entry level and maximum single image performance of approximately 5,700 MIPS (32 processor system)."

"An expanded memory subsystem supports larger memory capabilities and offers memory configurations that include the ability to expand up to 4GW per cell and up to 32GW for a maximum eight-cell system."