IBM System/360 Model 20: Difference between revisions

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Despite having been sold or leased in very large numbers for a [[mainframe computer|mainframe]] system of its era, only a few of System/360 Model 20 computers remain. These are primarily the property of museums or collectors. Examples of existing systems include:

* Two Model 20 processors along with numerous peripherals (forming at least one complete system) located in Nürnberg, Germany were purchased on [[eBay]] in April/May 2019 for €3710 by two UK enthusiasts who, over the course of some months, moved the machine to [[Creslow Park]] in [[Buckinghamshire]], United Kingdom. The system was in a small, abandoned building left untouched for decades, and apparently had been used in that building since all peripherals were still fully wired and interconnected. As of September 2024 the systems have been moved on a long -term loan basis to [[System_Source_Computer_Museum|System Source Computer Museum]] in [[Hunt Valley, Maryland]], USA for display &and restoration.<ref name="ibms360">{{cite web|url=https://ibms360.co.uk/?page_id=22|title=IBM 360 MODEL 20 RESCUE AND RESTORATION|access-date=2019-05-20|year=2019}}</ref>

* {{As of|2020}}, a Model 20 processor along with some peripherals is on public display at the [[Deutsches Museum]] in [[Munich]], [[Germany]].<ref name="ibm360deutsches">{{cite web|url=http://www.deutsches-museum.de/en/exhibitions/communication/computers/universal-computers/|title=Deutsches Museum - Computers with semiconductor components|access-date=2020-03-18|year=2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200601131705/http://www.deutsches-museum.de/en/exhibitions/communication/computers/universal-computers/|archive-date=2020-06-01|url-status=dead}}</ref>