#OTD in #ComputingHistory 1964, IBM launched the revolutionary System/360 mainframe architecture. Named “360” to reflect its goal of serving all types of customers, it transformed business computing and became one of the most successful tech projects of its time. Fred Brooks, the Turing Award-winning computer scientist who led the System/360 project, also coined the term “computer architecture” to describe the structure and behavior of computing systems—distinct from their hardware implementatio

In the late 1950s, IBM and General Motors teamed up to develop DAC-1, an early computer-aided design system completed in 1964. This system, based on an IBM 7090 mainframe and a specialized graphics terminal, enabled users to draw and manipulate images with a light pen, advancing the field of automobile design. 🚗 Imagery credits: Fred Krull, General Motors Corporation, GM Research Laboratories, Gwen Bell #cardesign #automotivetechnology #retrotech | Computer History Museum