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System/360 Model 30

 
 
IBM System/360 Model 30

Announced April 7, 1964 and withdrawn June 22, 1970.

Smallest of the System/360 configurations, the Model 30 could serve as a stand-alone system, a communications system or the satellite processor of a larger system.

Typical arithmetic operations per second
 
  Decimal add (5 + 5 digits) 13,300
  Fixed point add (1 word + 1 word) (32 bits) 34,500
  Fixed point multiply (1 word x 1 word) 3,300
  Fixed point divide (2 words div. by 1 word) 1,800
  Floating point multiply (1 word x 1 word) 3,200
 
Feeds & speeds
 
    Speed Data width (bits)
 
  Machine cycle time 1 microsec.  
 
  Logic circuits 30 nanosec. 8
 
  Memory cycle time
    8K, 16K, 32K, 64K
2 microsec. 8
 
  Registers
    16 general purpose
    4 floating point

8 microsec.
16 microsecond

32
64
 
  Control
    Read only storage
    Special 1401 compatible feature

1 microsec.
 
 
 
    Data rate
per channel
(Char. a Sec.)
Control units
per channel
I/O units
per channel
  Channels:
    Selector
    (up to 2)

250,000

8

256
 
      Multiplexor
      Multiplex mode
      Burst mode

16,000
200,000

8

96
 
 
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