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What was a key feature of the IBM System/370 architecture?
What was a key feature of the IBM System/370 architecture?
- Ability to upgrade to a more expensive, faster model without abandoning original software (correct)
- Requirement to abandon original software when upgrading to a faster model
- Exclusive compatibility with IBM's mainframe product line
- Incompatibility with new models introduced with improved technology
What distinguished the IBM System/370 architecture from its successors?
What distinguished the IBM System/370 architecture from its successors?
- Requirement for customers to purchase entirely new software with each model upgrade
- Retention of the same architecture while introducing new models with improved technology (correct)
- Incompatibility with the customer's existing software
- Complete overhaul of architecture with each new model introduction
What is a lasting legacy of the IBM System/370 architecture?
What is a lasting legacy of the IBM System/370 architecture?
- Limited compatibility with modern software
- Survival as the architecture of IBM’s mainframe product line to this day (correct)
- Lack of support for software upgrades
- Obsolescence with the introduction of newer architectures
