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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