1990 IBM RS/6000 - RISC SYSTEM 6000 - Introduction Power Server - Computer History

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241023 IBM's Introduction to the RS/6000 - RISC SYSTEM 6000 - Power Server Computer family. (Improved A/V) Original 1990 technical how to instructional video, color, 26 mins. IBM presenters Eric and Tony give an introduction to the RS/6000, set up and operation. An IBM educational video provided for historical informatoin and comment.

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RISC stands for "Reduced Instruction Set Computer, " the RISC architecture is the basis for most workstations and UNIX-based servers in use today, and is widely viewed as the computing architecture of the future. The RISC concept simplified the instructions given to run computers, making them much faster and more powerful. Based on pioneering work at IBM's Thomas J. Watson Research Center starting in 1975, a first prototype was completed in 1980, and the groundbreaking RISC Superscalar RS/6000 was introduced into the market in 1990, providing a lower-cost method of
conducting high-performance calculations necessary for engineers and scientists.

See also IBM RISC System/6000
https://www.ibm.com/ibm/history/documents/pdf/rs6000.pdf

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