IBM 308X
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The IBM 308X is a line of mainframe computers, of which the first model, the Model 3081 Processor Complex, was introduced November 12, 1980.[1][NB 1] It consisted of a 3081 Processor Unit with supporting units.
Manufacturer | International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) |
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Product family | IBM 3081 IBM 3083 IBM 3084 |
Release date | 1980 for the 3081; 1982 for the 3083 & 3084 |
Discontinued | August 4, 1987 (all 308X) |
Later models in the series were the 3083[2] and the 3084.[3] The 3083 was announced March 31 and the 3084 on September 3, both in 1982.
The IBM 308X line introduced the System/370 Extended Architecture[4] (S/370-XA) required by the new MVS/SP V2[5] and the Start Interpretive Execution[6] (SIE) instruction used by the new Virtual Machine/eXtended Architecture Migration Aid[7] (VM/XA MA).
All three 308X systems, which IBM had marketed as "System/370-Compatibles,"[8] were withdrawn August 4, 1987.