Known as drab-looking machines that sit in huge air-conditioned rooms, the IBM mainframe computer has been called the dinosaur of the technology world. About a decade ago, pundits predicted it ...

The term mainframe conjures images of room-size ... roughly 8 cubic feet, was part of a room-size computer called the TX-2. (Callum Borchers/WBUR) Advances in computer technology fossilized ...

A transformative transistorized milestone in the history of computing could be yours, as an IBM 7090 Mainframe computer system ... would need a sizeable spare room or garage to house it all.

When you think of mainframes, you probably have a mental picture from an old movie, with punch cards and a computer that takes up an entire large room. But the mainframe still lives, and is a ...