From: dmhills{at}attglobal.net (Don Hills)

In article , "Tony Ingenoso"
 wrote:
>
>IBM was equally slimy early on too - the only difference between a 360 model
>20 and 30 was the 20 had delays inserted in the microcode to slow it down
>;->

Later on, too - S/370-115 and 125.

It wasn't as "slimy" though in that most machines were on rental
and you simply paid a higher rental for the faster machine. You could start
off slow, then if you couldn't get through the jobs in a day you took the
upgrade.

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