A small Minneapolis mainframe computer software startup is poised to change the way enterprises use and share data across the cloud.VirtualZ Computing Inc. claims to be the first and only woman-fo ...

IBM's System/360 mainframe runs a network of terminals used for airline reservations. The IBM System/360 mainframe computers revolutionized the business world in the 60s.

The mainframe has also enabled customers to evolve legacy applications to modern computing. "Take a CICS application developed in Cobol, which was accessed from a green screen terminal on a laptop ...

Figure 1. VT-100 terminals used to be connected to mainframes using RS-232 connections. In the ’80s, the IBM PC and Apple IIe combined the computer, display drivers and keyboard I/O into one box. Now, ...

The tiny little power-packed tube is engineered like a 1960s mainframe computer: a central processor with a lot of I/O. That makes the economic case for it very different than for other PCs.

The 1979 VT103 incorporated an 11/23 mini-computer inside the VT100 case and was, therefore, an early personal computer intended to act as a client to a VAX 780 in imitation of IBM's 5200 client ...

He’d bought up some Apple computers, terminals, and even a Data General minicomputer. Then he found a notice that Rutgers was auctioning off an IBM z890 mainframe computer .

Back in the early days of business computing, operators accessed the back-end system - such as a mainframe or minicomputer - via a green screen terminal. Terminals were disposable devices. No one ...

The retro revolution continues: If bell-bottoms and the success of That ’70s Show weren’t enough to convince you, watch for the return of mainframe computers. Application service providers are ...