From: ldo@nz.invalid

On Sun, 21 Sep 2025 13:08:34 -0400, Arne Vajhøj wrote:

> On 9/20/2025 9:40 PM, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 20 Sep 2025 20:09:53 -0400, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>>
>>> IBM 3090 with integrated vector facility and the equivalent and
>>> compatible Amdahl vector.
>>
>> Was it ever competitive?
>>
>> No. That’s why it was abandoned.
>
> It was produced and sold for a number of years.

Only during the era when IBM’s marketing machine had peak credibility. As
that waned, and actual engineering became more important, so did IBM’s
fortunes.

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