Columbia University Computing History   

The IBM 360 Model 50

Columbia's 360/50
Columbia's IBM 360/50 in 1967 (left)
IBM 360/50 control panel
360/50 Control Panel
About 1967, IBM convinced Columbia to retire its 7090-series mainframes in favor of IBM's new, but not quite ready yet, supercomputer, the IBM 360/92 (that's not a typo). The 360/50 was loaned (rented) to us to serve until the new monster was ready. When it finally arrived about a year later, it was called the 360/91.

Machine-room photo, 1967, courtesy of Joe Sulsona. The control panel of Columbia's IBM 360 Model 50 computer is partially visible on the left. In the foreground are Joe with John Alvarez of the Computer Operations and Systems staff, respectively.

The color control-panel photo was found at Iconic consoles of the IBM System/360 mainframes, Ken Shirrif, 1 April 2021.

Columbia University Computing History Frank da Cruz / fdc@columbia.edu This page created: January 2001 Revised: 1 April 2021