IBM's 360 and early 370 systems

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1. pinewurstApr 2025
   IBM's Early Computers A Technical History by Charles J. Bashe, Emerson W. Pugh, John H. Palmer and Lyle R. Johnson

   IBM's 360 and Early 370 Systems by Emerson W. Pugh, Lyle R. Johnson and John H. Palmer

   Computer Engineering: A DEC View of Hardware Systems Design by C. Gordon Bell (Author), J. Craig Mudge John E. McNamara

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2. pjmorrisJun 2022
   Not GP, but 'IBM's 360 and Early 370 Systems', Pugh, Johnson, Palmer is solid.
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3. cptnapalmNov 2020
   Two which I found very readable while also being very technical: "IBM's Early Computers" and "IBM's 360 and Early 370 Systems" by Emerson Pugh.
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4. johnbMar 2020
   A few good ones that haven't been mentioned yet:

   * "IBM's 360 and Early 370 Systems " https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/ibms-360-and-early-370-system...

   * "Broad Band: The Untold Story of the Women Who Made the Internet" https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35953464-broad-band

   * "Fire in the Valley: The Making of the Personal Computer" https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1427580.Fire_in_the_Vall...

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5. cptnapalmMar 2020
   IBM's Early Computers and IBM's 360 and Early 370 Systems. They are an incredible wealth of information for the research, design and implementations of early computers. Been aching to know about how the different transistors were developed, by whom and what their benefits and drawbacks were? It's all in these two.
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6. cptnapalmNov 2019
   Coincidentally, I finished reading "IBM's 360 and Early 370 Systems" earlier today. I highly recommend it and its predecessor, "IBM's Early Computers" from the MIT press. The business aspect is there, of course, but it's really about the development of the machines themselves, down to how they developed the transistors they used along with who did it.
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