Model 165 at Goddard, 360 or 370?

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I’m finishing off a Wiki article on the Amdahl 470 series. Its first installation was at Goddard. Most references state this was a 360 Model 165, some say it was a 168, some say it was a 370 165.

For instance…

… this says it was a 360/165 : https://global.fujitsu/en-global/about/corporate/museum/products/products/computer-mainframe-amdahl470v6

… but did such a thing exist? I don’t know much about IBMs of the era, but I believe the 165 and 168 were both part of the 370 line, yes?

Any references from NASA in particular would be great!

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Well, it’s most likely they added a ‘1’ ahead of the 65, or meant it replaced the 370/165. Anything re NASA document searches I go directly through their Nasa Technical Reports Server (NTRS). I found this Goddard IBM 360 user’s guide very quickly there, dated July 1973, so close to Amdahl intro at Goddard. It mentions the 360/65, I couldn’t find an equivalent guide re 370 except for NASTRAN use. Here’s the 360 guide link:

19740006808.pdf

-Paul

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