The model 92 as a member of the system/360 family
Gene M. Amdahl · 1965
The Model 92 is a full-fledged member of the System/360 line of processors. At the beginning of the design of System/360, the goal was to provide a system capable of satisfying all of the varied computing applications to which IBM machines were applied in the past. It was also desired to apply the new system to a number of applications for which those older machines were somewhat inadequately prepared to serve. At that time, the previous lines of machines were evaluated to see which ones might possibly serve as a base for the start of the design. The older commercial processors did not form a suitable base for the scientific computational capability desired. The scientific line was also not elected for use as the base.