[ChuckMcM]

Of course in many ways "cloud" computing is just another implementation of a 370/VM mainframe system. I find the evolution fascinating. Oh and I had a comms processor (terminal server to a modem bank) which turned out to just be a MicroVAX 3 runing VAXELN. The CPU was some what "cut down" (I think optimized was the word they used) to make it more cost effective. VMS would not boot on it.

[pnathan]

Is there a decent technical writeup of how the 370 worked in practice? I love hearing about the old mainframe tech of yore.

[walterbell]

See The Origin of the VM/370 Time-sharing System by R.J. Creasy, http://lass.cs.umass.edu/~shenoy/courses/fall07/papers/vm370...