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Following the formation of DPD, IBM began a steady roll-out of a series of mainframe computers, many of which are listed below by machine number and announcement year. (Profiles of the products noted by an asterisk are available in the IBM Mainframe Reference Room.)
1401 Data Processing System
  1401 (1959) *
  1410 (1960) *
  1440 (1962) *
  1460 (1963)
 
1620 Data Processing System
  1620 (1959) *
  1620 Model II (1963)
 
7000 Data Processing System Series
  7090 (1958) *
  7030 (1960) *
  7040 (1961)
  7044 (1961)
  7094 (1962) *
  7094-II (1963)
 
  7070 (1958)
  7080 (1960)
  7074 (1960)
  7072 (1961)
  7010 (1962)
 
System/360 Series (1964)
  Model 20 (1964) IBM 2020 processing unit
  Model 40 (1964) * IBM 2040 processing unit
  Model 30 (1964) * IBM 2030 processing unit
  Model 50 (1964) * IBM 2050 processing unit
  Model 60 (1964) IBM 2060 processing unit
  Model 62 (1964) IBM 2062 processing unit
  Model 70 (1964) IBM 2070 processing unit
  Model 92 (1964) IBM 2092 processing unit
  Model 44 (1965) * IBM 2044 processing unit
  Model 57 (1965) IBM 2057 processing unit
  Model 65 (1965) IBM 2065 processing unit
  Model 67 (1965) IBM 2067 processing unit
  Model 75 (1965) * IBM 2075 processing unit
  Model 91 (1966) * IBM 2091 processing unit
  Model 25 (1968) * IBM 2025 processing unit
  Model 85 (1968) IBM 2085 processing unit
  Model 95 * (Offered on special government contract & shipped 2/68)
  Model 195 (1969) * IBM 2195 processing unit
  Model 22 (1971) * IBM 2022 processing unit
 
System/370 Series (1970)
  Model 155 (1970) * IBM 3155 processing unit
  Model 165 (1970) * IBM 3165 processing unit
  Model 145 (1970) * IBM 3145 processing unit
  Model 135 (1971) * IBM 3135 processing unit
  Model 195 (1970) * IBM 3195 processing unit
  Model 158 (1972) * IBM 3158 processing unit
  Model 168 (1972) * IBM 3168 processing unit
  Model 125 (1972) * IBM 3125 processing unit
  Model 115 (1973) * IBM 3115 processing unit
  Model 115-2 (1975)  
  Model 125-2 (1975)  
  Model 158-3 (1976) IBM 3158-3 processing unit
  Model 168-3 (1976) IBM 3168-3 processing unit
  Model 135-3 (1976) IBM 3135-3 processing unit
  Model 145-3 (1976) IBM 3145-3 processing unit
  Model 138 (1976) * IBM 3138 processing unit
  Model 148 (1976) * IBM 3148 processing unit
  Model 158-AP (1976) Attached processor
 
System/370 Compatible - 3031 Processor Complex (1977)
  3031 (1977) * Models 1-6
  3031 (1978) Models A2-A6 (attached processors)
  3031 (1979) Models 7, 8, A7 & A8
 
System/370 Compatible - 3032 Processor Complex (1977)
  3032 (1977) * Models 2, 4 & 6
  3032 (1979) Model 8
 
System/370 Compatible - 3033 Processor Complex* (1977)
  3033U (1977) Uniprocessor models 1, 4, 6 & 8
  3033MP (1978) Multiprocessor models 4, 6 & 8
  3033 (1978) Models U12 & U16 and M12 & M16
  3033 (1979) Attached processor models 4, 8, 12 & 16
  3033N (1979) Models N4 & N8
  3033S (1980) Models S4 & S8 and U24 and A24
  3033N (1980) Models N4, N8, N12 & N16
  3033 (1981) Models S4 & S8
  3033 (1981) Models S12 & S16
 
4300 Processing Systems (1979)
  4331 (1979) * Models I1 & J1
  4341 (1979) * Models K1 & L1
  4331 (1980) Models J2, K2, KJ2 & L2
  4341 (1980) Models K2, L2 & M2
  4321 (1981) Model J11
  4331-2 (1981)  
  4331 (1981) Models J11 & K11
  4341 (1981) Models N2 & P2
  4341 (1981) Models K10, L10, K11, L11 & M11
  4341 (1982) Model Groups 9 & 12
  4361 (1983) * Model Groups 4 & 5
  4381 (1983) * Model Groups 1 & 2
  4361 (1984) Models N4 & N5
  4381 (1984) * Model Group 3 (M3, P3, Q3 & R3)
  4381 (1984) Models Q2 & R2
  4381 (1986) Model Groups 11 - 14
  4381 (1987) Model Groups 21 - 24
  4381E (1988) Models 91E & 92E
  ES/4381 (1989) Entry level models
 
System/370 Compatible - 3081 Processor Complex (1980)
  3081 (1980) * Models D16, D24 & D32
  3081K (1981) Models K16, K24 & K32
  3081 (1982) Models GG16, G24 & G32
  3081 (1983) Models G48 & K48
 
System/370 Compatible - 3083 Processor Complex (1982)
  3083 (1982) * Models E8, E16, B8, B16, B23, B32, J8, J16, J24 & J32
  3083E (1983) Models E24 & E32
  3083CX (1984) Models CX0, CX1 - CX3
 
System/370 Compatible - 3084 Processor Complex (1982)
  3084 (1982) * Models Q32, Q48 & Q64
  3084 (1983) Model Q96
  3084X (1984)  
 
System/370 Compatible - 3090 Processor Series (1985)
  3090 (1985) * Models 200 & 400
  3090 (1986) Models 150 & 180
  3090E (1987) Models 150E, 180E, 200E, 300E, 400E & 600E
  3090 (1987) Model 120E
  ES/3090 (1988) Model 600S
  3090E (1988) Models 280E & 500E
  ES/3090 (1989) Multiprocessor and entry level models
 
System/390 Series (1990)
  ES/9000 (1990) * 18 models
  ES/9000 (1991) Seven models
  ES/9000 (1992) Two entry-level models
  ES/9000 (1993) 18 new models including Model 982
  (1994) Parallel Sysplex and Parallel Query Server
  ES/9000 (1994) Model 9X2
  ES/9000 (1994) Five air-cooled processor
  (1994) * Six models of S/390 Parallel Enterprise Server
  (1995) 12 models of the S/390 Parallel Enterprise Server
  (1996) Third generation (G3) of S/390 Parallel Enterprise Server
  (1996) Multiprise 2000
  (1997) * S/390 Parallel Enterprise Server G4
  (1998) * S/390 Parallel Enterprise Server G5
  (1999) * S/390 Parallel Enterprise Server G6
  (1999) * Multiprise 3000
 
IBM eServer zSeries (2000)
  (2000) * 900
  (2002) * 800
  (2003) * 990
 

* See product profile in Reference Room for details.

 
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