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 | | At Univac, work had been in progress on a more powerful machine, the Univac 9700, prior to the purchase of the Spectra 70 line from RCA; I have read that this work was put to use in a subsequent Series 90 computer from Univac, after modifications were made to achieve full Spectra 70 compatibility. |
 | | The Univac 9700 was to have been, like the Univac 9400 before it, compatible with the other members of the System/360 family to an extent. |
 | | However, I have learned that the Univac 9400 did not support the BXLE instruction, a problem state instruction used for looping in the IBM System/360, so contrary to my initial impression, the 9400 was actually less compatible with the System/360 than a Spectra 70 was. |
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