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Hardware Developed at Hursley

The museum is in the process of to creating a definitive list of products developed at Hursley. The following is a starting point based on the knowledge of the curators with some additional help from IBM retirees. If you are able to provide any new information or corrections to the existing data, please contact info@ibmhursleymuseum.org. There is a comprehensive list of all IBM hardware and software on Wikipedia.

YearCode NameMachine Type / Product NameDepartmentDescription
62TMStorageDisk drive; 10MB version of 62GV Gulliver
Tilt, lift, rotate stands for monitors – 2 models
SUPPAC
3693Data Acquisition System for nuclear power station at Latina, Italy
8502MonitorsMonitor
9514MonitorsMonitor (Henley follow-on)
ExcelsiorDataflow chip
7487 ??Special EngineeringDaisy wheel printer, thought to have used 3774 (Qume) mechanics and 3287 electronics.
3277GASpecial EngineeringGraphics Attach – developed in Poughkeepsie, ‘productised’ in Hursley. Attached a Tektronix 4000 x 3000 storage display to 3277.
PineMonitors14″ colour monitor
EuropineMonitors14″ colour monitor – Philips Tube
C4014″ colour monitor (Infowindow)
LilliputStorage ProductsFirst 8″ disk drive developed in Hursley. Became Piccolo.
ExpresswayMonitorsXGA Adapter
TitanicMonitorsReplacement for 3250
SpacemontMonitorsSpacemont (a portmanteau of Space Mountain at Disney World being the highest point in Florida) was a project between Hursley and Boca to develop a follow-on to the VGA PC graphics adapter. However, it fell foul of compatibility and cost issues and was canned after 6 months in favour of an extension of the VGA (called rather unexcitingly the XGA).

The processor and pixel engine were the starting point for Image Adapter, and the pixel engine was the starting point for the drawing engine of XGA. In collaberation with IBM Research, Yorktown, the simulator created to test the Spacemont VLSI before manufacture, General B, was also used effectively on Image Adapter development.
ActionMedia II8514 adapterMonitorsAdapter card for 8514 – PC-AT bus
SPD2Analogue / digital converter chip
1960832Electronic Typing Calculator for billing & accounting operations
1961SCAMPProcessor SystemsScientific Computer and Modulator Processor – first to use microprogramme control
1961LATINA3963Data Acquisition System
1961832Electronic Typing Calculator
1962TROSProcessor SystemsTransformer read-only storage for S/360-20 and -40 – Charles Owen, Matt Taub, Will Warwick
1962BC ROSStorage ProductsBalanced Capacitor Read Only Storage
1964S/360 Model 40Processor Systems
1964-66FINDSFast Inductive Non-Destructive Store – The China Shop
1964-663940Data Terminal Models 5 & 5a
1966S/360 Model 44Processor Systems
1966MICAStorage ProductsMagnetic Thin-Film Storage to replace ferrite cores & copper wire. 10″ (25cm) copper plate with thin film deposits to form memory cells.
1966LSIBuilding Computer Logic into Regular Arrat of Cells on Memory
1966FINDSFast Inductive Non Destructive Store
1966ZenithMagnetic stripsStorageHursley Storage Development’s first product. No details other than some small mag stripes in the museum.
19673980Banking system, comprising 3981 Concentrator & 3982 Local / Remote Terminal
1967-9Functional memoryProcessor SystemsA programmable logic array with applications including OCR. Never shipped as too expensive to implement in chip technology of the day.
1968S/360-M40 IMPProcessor SystemsHigh availability multi processor comprising two S/360-M40
1969Dolphin5444Storage ProductsDisk drive – 2MB for System/3, System/7 & 3750 switching system
1969Schools Computer
1970Chip FabricationY Block rebuilt as prototype chip fab facility
1970Development of Physically Smaller DP Systems
1970FINNLOADAutomated Airline Check-in & Balance System for Finnair
1970Multiple Terminal Communications Adapter
1970 ?CUZPAKProcessor SystemsChip cooling system – Dave Cuzner
1971C86-SYSS/370 Model 135Processor SystemsWith DAT memory translator
19715967 M04VDU to Meet Marketing Requirement for 2790 DCS
1971 – 1974Industry Systems (Government)Industry SystemsMapping, Surface Transportation (Railway ticketing), Banking
1972CashPoint2984Lloyds Bank ATM
1972Future SystemsFS/1 aka FS/AProcessor SystemsRadical alternative to S/370 architecture using single level store – Hursley, Boeblingen and others joint effort, Hursley participation ended 1972, cancelled 1975 at architectural stage. Some principles incorporated into S/38, AS/400, System I and i5 OS.
19735941-H02Special EngineeringConsole
1973Gulliver62GVStorage Products5 / 10 / 14MB for 3600, 3650, 3660, 3790, 3730, System/32, System/34; 10 & 14MB = 62TM.
19745985-H02Special EngineeringColour display control unit
1974LSI + Programme SIGMA
19743790Communication System
19743790 RPQSpecial EngineeringIncreased disk storage with added cabinets and Winchester disk drives (believed to be 10MB each). Final configuration 3x bigger than base product.
1975Sprat / BluegillStorage Products4.6MB 6″ removable floppy disk drive, but with flying heads. Moved to Boulder Jan 78 then Tucson May 78 as Bluegill. Project ended late 1979. Design picked up by ex-IBMers who set up Iomega and developed it into a product.
1975RVGSpecial EngineeringRaster-vector display – converted vectors to raster display. Did not become a product, possibly due to very high memory costs
1976-78Special Engineering3278 extra character support for Iceland, Yugoslavia & Turkey.
1976-78Special EngineeringRight to left language support for 3278 – Arabic & Hebrew.
19775937-H02Special EngineeringLayout display terminal (Japan)
1977Cromwell3250WSDGraphics display system (Mono) using directed-beam CRT for CADCAM which IBM bought from Sanders.
197736HUIndustry SystemsGraphics & mapping system
19783730Industry SystemsDistributed office communication system
1978MicrolinkProduct Test / Product AssuranceBi-polar microprocessor based test tool, attached to mainframe via ANR; used for testing display controllers etc.
1978HACIENDASpecial EngineeringHursley Advanced Colour Image Enhancement Display – a one-off for Madrid Science Centre. Colour display with custom built-in high speed algorithmic processing for analysis of satellite images
1978Bourgogne7416Special EngineeringCheque sorter for Lloyds
1979Wizard3279WSDColour Display Terminal incorporating digital convergence logic for RGB CRT beams rather than analogue. Displayed business graphics using character graphics hardware & GDDM mainframe software.
19793287-CWSDColour version of 3287 printer
1979Piccolo62PCStorage Products64MB disk drive used in 3310 DASD & 8100, S/34, S/38, 5520.Used the swinging arm developed in Hursley and for the first time a stack of 6 x 8″ platters.
1979Hotspur8775WSDMono display for 8100 system – ability to download functionality from host (Basic, WP etc). First IBM display to use a microprocessor (Motorola 6800) rather than hard-wired logic.
1981Parrot3278/2WSD3278 Talking Terminal. Used a 6800 microprocessor & voice output card from Talking Selectric.
1981VanguardGraphics Advanced DevelopmentPrecursor to Valiant
1981 / 82ValiantGraphics Advanced Developmenta graphics sub-system that attached to an IBM PC and was intended as a follow-on to 3250 (Cromwell) and 3279. It featured two processor cards, GXP (to process high-level graphics orders) and PXP (the Pixel processor, which was hardware-assist to draw the image) The state-of-the-art 4- bit slice processor AMD2900 provided 16-bit processing on both cards. Never announced, possibly due to cost.
1982Pearl3179Monitors14″ colour monitor for Fujisawa developed 3179
19827361Graphics System
1983Rover3290WSDGas panel display terminal with four logical screens
1983Pearl-G3179-GGraphics version of 3179 (managed by Fujisawa)
1984Aragon3270PC-GWSD3270 Graphics – control unit + 14″ monitor. Controller IBM-PC with graphics adapter.
1984Genoa3270-PC-GXWSD3270 Graphics – control unit + 19″ colour + mono monitors. Controller IBM-PC with graphics adapter using Motorola 68000 processor at 8MHz then 10MHz.
1984Simulator & MatchboxStorage ProductsDASD servo etc simulation system
1984Swallow62SWStorage Products130MB disk drive
1984Falcon62FNStorage ProductsServo mechanism / HDA (Count Key Data Interface) for 9335-B01 (Kestrel)
1984CotswoldGraphics chip. Cotswold I was the basis of an RPQ to State Farm Insurance (1986?). Cotswold II used in PS/2 Image Adapter /A.
1985EMCF Block Electromagnetic Compatibility testing facility
1986Kestrel9335Storage ProductsDirect access storage sub-system for S/38 – 850MB per drive, up to 8 per sub-system. Unusual configuration – 2 actuators which could seek independently.

9335-A01 controller transferred to Hursley July 1994.
1986Moonshine4691WSDProgrammable cash terminal – leisure industry
1986SphinxSpecial EngineeringLCD Projector using novel electrochromic display technology based on organic compound called Viologen. Display chip contained poisonous Thallium. Solution also etched underlying silicon, so barrier needed. Reliability was low. Lost out to Liquid Crystal.
1986Aston MartinAragon follow-on, using CMOS to replace PC-AT in base unit. Never announced.
1986LagondaGenoa follow-on using CMOS to package computing into base unit in place of the PC-AT. Never announced.
1987Conestoga8513Monitors12″ VGA / MCGA PS/2 monitor (white box version)
1987Crown8512Monitors14″ VGA PS/2 monitor (white box version)
1987Henley8514Monitors16″ PS/2 monitor – black box Matsushita interlaced
1987PassfieldX.25 adapter cardWSD
1987HeronStorage Products
1987Surrey8503MonitorsMonitor
1987Harp / HeronStorage ProductsServo mechanism
19878514/AVideo adapter card for 8514 monitor
1987PS/2 Image Adapter/ACombined video display and (optional) printer adapter supporting virtually all IBM PC monitors at the time, and a number of 3rd party image printers. Used CMOS-2 chip developed at Hursley (Cotswold II)
19888507Monitors19″ Mono Monitor
19888604MonitorsMonitor
1988FastnetWSDISDN adapter for PC. [
19888505MonitorsMonitor
1989Chicago8506Monitors17″ mono monitor (high resolution portrait)
19898508Monitors19″ mono monitor
1989SkywayDisplay adapter card
1989-90SolentPS/2 ISDN AdapterWSDTwo 64 kbp/s channel ISDN adapter for PS/2 microchannel systems
1989-90HamblePC ISDN AdapterWSDTwo 64 kbp/s channel ISDN adapter for PC ISA bus systems
1990Redwing0681Storage Products0.857 / 1.06 GB 5.1/4″ HDD with PRML recording – unusual linear actuator. Used in AS/400 servers and 9333.
1990Dallas8515Monitors14″ Colour display (white box)
1990Prescott8516Monitors14″ Monitor – touch sensitive version of 8515
1990OspreyStorageEarly development hard drive that became Redwing.
1991Seattle8504Monitors12″ FST Monitor (flat square tube)
1991Orleans9515MonitorsTouch screen version of Prescott – 14″ black box – started Hursley, announced Greenock
1991Harrier9333Storage ProductsOne of first serial interface disks to attach up to 8 RS/6000 to 1 – 4 drive enclosures. Each enclosure had a controller & 4 Redwings. Point to point serial links ran at 8MB/s and later evolved into SSA.

Development programme Feb 1990 – Apr 1994. Harrier controller Sep 1992.
1991Anaheim8518Monitors14″ VGA version of 8515
1992Daytona8517Monitors17″ VGA colour monitor – black box Sony high resolution
1992Daytona-Prime9517Monitors7″ Daytona update SXGA interlaced (started Hursley, announced Greenock)
19929518Monitors14″ XGA72 monitor (white box) (started Hursley, announced Greenock)
1992PC-Radio – Radio & ModemHursley managed the radio and modem for EMEA, including homologation
1992-93AllicatStorageSSA hard disk. 8 MB/s July 1992, 20 MB/s May 1993.
1993Woodwind3310Storage ProductsPiccolo disk drive enclosure (Total 256MB)
1993FlotillaStorage Products20MB flexible disk – project abandoned
1993Scupper / Missfire / NauticatStorageSSA disk drive development project
19957133 – SSAbre / Model 10Storage ProductsSerial disk system – 4U rack-mounted enclosure with 16 3.5
1995MayflowerSSA Adapter for 7133Storage ProductsMicroChannel JBOD adapter for 1 – 8 RS/6000 servers
1995ConcordPCI JBOD AdapterStorage ProductsFor 1-9 RS/6000 servers. Followed on from Mayflower adapter when RS/6000 changed from microchannel to PCI bus.
1995-97Los GatosSSA Adapter for 7133Storage ProductsMicroChannel RAID adapter for a single PC server
19967133 SSAbre2 / Model 20Storage ProductsAdded 4 SSA Node Bypass modules to improve system reliability by automatically bypassing adapters which are powered-off.
1996SaratogaSSA Adapter for 7133Storage ProductsMicroChannel RAID adapter for a single RS/6000 server
1996TrojanStorageLaredo evaluation board
1997BeaulieuSSA Adapter for 7133Storage ProductsPCI RAID adapter for a single RS/6000 server
1997FremontSSA Adapter for 7133Storage ProductsMicroChannel RAID adapter for 1 – 8 RS/6000 servers
1997CampbellSSA Adapter for 7133Storage ProductsPCI RAID adapter for 1 – 8 RS/6000 servers
19987133 Coral / Model 40Storage ProductsAdded support for 40 MB/s SSA with the Santa Cruz adapter.
1998SonomaStorage ProductsOptical extender for 20 or 40 MB/s SSA links over distances of 10 kM
1999Santa CruzSSA Adapter for 7133Storage ProductsPCI 40 MB/s SSA RAID adapter for 1 – 8 RS/6000 servers – also used in the Tarpon and VTS controllers from Tucson
1999-2001Lepe / LepeaheadStorageFC-AL adapter card based on Santa Cruz. Never shipped, superseded by Arrowhead
2000 – 2004ArrowheadStorage ProductsPCI RAID adapter for 2Gb/s FC-AL drives. It was a component of the Megamouth/DS8000 enterprise controller developed in Tucson. Based on the Santa Cruz RAID code and the Excelsior dataflow chip developed by Hursley.
2001BrooklynStorage ProductsAn interposer which converted a standard SCSI drive to SSA so that it could be used in 7133
2003Lodestone2145Storage ProductsSAN Volume Controller – storage virtualisation appliance for FC and iSCSI SANs – hardware based on System x servers, the Hursley-developed code currently supports remote copy, caching, FlashCopy, thin provisioning and online data migration.
2009DorindaStorage ProductsFollow-on PCI Express RAID adapter using the Aurora dataflow chip and 8Gb/s FC-AL. Aurora was jointly developed by Hursley and San Jose. Dorinda is used in the latest DS8800 controllers.
2010Thunderbird / OxfordStorwize V7000Storage ProductsMid-range SAN-attached storage system. It is based on the Hursley SVC and RAID code. The hardware is designed and manufactured by Xyratex.
2011Storwize V7000UStorage ProductsMid-range unified storage controller which supports SAN and NAS protocols. It consists of 2 SONAS nodes in front of a V7000.
2012Storwize V3500 & V3700Storage ProductsEntry versions of the V7000. The hardware is designed and manufactured by Celestica.