Wizard of Odd

Category: IBM1130

The IBM 1130 Computing System, introduced in 1965, was IBM’s least expensive computer at that time. It was aimed at price-sensitive, computing-intensive technical markets like education and engineering, succeeding the IBM 1620 in that market segment.

The 1130 was also used as an intelligent front-end for attaching an IBM 2250 Graphics Display Unit, or as remote job entry (RJE) workstation, connected to a System/360 mainframe.

  • The Wayback Machines

    There’s a lot of work preserving the work that had been done to preserve some of the important computing developments of the past. My own past has these:

    IBM CorporationOSDigital EquipmentOSControl Data
    Corporation    		OS
    IBM 1130
    IBM 360
    IBM 370
    IBM 4381
    IBM 3090

    AMDAHL 580
    		DMS 2.0

    VM/370
    VM/XA
    VM/ESA
    OS/MVT
    OS/MVS
    OS/VS1

    UTS    		DEC PDP-8

    DEC VAX-11/750
    DEC VAX-11/780
    		UNIX
    RT-11
    RSTS/E
    RSX-11/M

    VAX/VMS
    		CDC 6600
    CDC 7600

    CRAY X-MP
    CRAY 2
    CRAY Y-MP    		NOS 1
    NOS 2
    PLATO

    UNICOS
    Table of Companies and the Systems Used

    Many posts here, in combination with the technical details outlined in the CODEX, will attempt to capture a portion of the conservation efforts and general operations of these systems which are now available to run on your own.

    Most of these systems can be explored through Kevin Jordan’s site “Nostalgic Computing Center“!

    Other posts on the CDC Community Wiki will show you how to install your own instance of VM/CMS, IBM-1130, OS/MVS 3.8, VAX/VMS, CDC NOS 2/871, CDC/PLATO(CYBIS), and more.

  • IBM1130

    IBM1130

    IBM 1130 Console

    The IBM-1130 was the first ‘real’ computer I ever touched. It was a fun, interactive experience that helped me understand how computers worked at every level. The primary languages I learned at that time taught me about hardware manipulation (1130 Assembler), Languages (COBOL, Fortran IV, RPG, PL/I), Operating Systems (DMS 2.0) and the basics of writing efficient, tight code (these were 8K word machines).