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| − | The [[AS/400]] / [[iSeries]] / [[i5]] / [[System i5]] thas had a number of names over the years.
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| − | It started life as the Application System/400 ... or [[AS/400]].
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| − | It combined the best of S/38 and S/36, leaning on S/38 for [[OS]] foundation and S/36 for user-friendliness. S/36 and S/38 in turn, have a rich heritage in the [[S/34]] which in its hey day had a revolutionary 48 bit [[OS]] at a time when 8 bit was standard for PCs.
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| − | Many [[IBM]] customers on S/36 [[SSP]] were slow to embrace the [[AS/400]] so [[IBM]] introduced the Advanced System 36 ... or [[AS/36]] which had two models, the [[AS/236]] and [[AS/436]]. The [[AS/436]] could run [[SSP]] or [[OS/400]] with [[SSP]] as a guest [[OS]] and had an upgrade path to [[AS/400]] models. Interestingly the [[AS/236]] was the first 64 bit and RISC based entry in the [[AS/400]] family.
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| − | Before the world moved to using PCs as the main interface to talk to the 400, we had [[IBM Keyboard]]s with keys that are now largely disappeared from the keyboards of today.
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| − | Around the year 2000, IBM changed it's name to [[eServer]] [[iSeries]] (The "i" indicating "Integrated"?)
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| − | Then, in 2004, the name was changed to [[i5]]. The "5" referring to the [[Power5 Processor]] that was at the heart of the system. At the same time [[OS/400]] was renamed to [[i5/OS]].
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| − | In 2006 the name changed again. This time the family name changed to [[System i]] which incorporates all systems from [[AS/400]] throuh AS/400e to [[iSeries]] and including today's hardware. The current machine in the family is the the [[System i5]]. Theoretically the next generation will be the System i6 when the POWER6 chips are released.
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| − | Some are of the opinion that all these name changes do nothing but create confusion in the industry.
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