PC-based IBM mainframe-compatible systems: Difference between revisions

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Since the rise of the [[personal computer]] in the 1980s, [[IBM]] and other vendors have created '''PC-based IBM-compatible mainframes''' which are compatible with the larger IBM [[mainframe computer]]s. They are also referred to as ''plug-compatible mainframes'', a term used for the original [[System/360]] and [[System/370|370]] compatible clones. The original advantage being that the PC-based mainfarmesmainframes had a much smaller footprint, required less power, and cost less money.

==Background==