The Univac Series 70 is an obsolete family of mainframe class computer systems from

UNIVAC UNIVAC (Universal Automatic Computer) was a line of electronic digital stored-program computers starting with the products of the Eckert–Mauchly Computer Corporation. Later the name was applied to a division of the Remington Rand company an ...

first introduced in 1973. In September 1971, the

RCA The RCA Corporation was a major American electronics company, which was founded as the Radio Corporation of America in 1919. It was initially a patent trust owned by General Electric (GE), Westinghouse, AT&T Corporation and United Fruit Comp ...

Corporation announced that it was abandoning the computer industry and Sperry acquired RCA’s Computer division. RCA had marketed the

Spectra 70 The RCA Spectra 70 was a line of electronic data processing (EDP) equipment manufactured by the RCA, Radio Corporation of America’s computer division beginning in April 1965. The Spectra 70 line included several CPU models, various configuratio ...

Series (70/15, 70/25, 70/35, 70/45, 70/46, 70/55, 70/60, 70/61) that were compatible with the IBM System/360 series at the application level, and the RCA Series (RCA 2, 3, 6, 7) competing against the

IBM System/370 The IBM System/370 (S/370) is a model range of IBM mainframe computers announced on June 30, 1970, as the successors to the System/360 family. The series mostly maintains backward compatibility with the S/360, allowing an easy migration path ...

. In January 1972, Sperry took over the

customer base, offering the Spectra 70 and RCA Series computers as the UNIVAC Series 70. A number of the RCA customers continued with Sperry, and the

UNIVAC Series 90 The Univac 90/60 system front panel The Univac Series 90 is an obsolete family of mainframe class computer systems from UNIVAC first introduced in 1973. The low end family members included the 90/25, 90/30 and 90/40 that ran the OS/3 operating s ...

90/60 and 90/70 systems would provide an upgrade path for the customers with 70/45, 70/46, RCA 2 and 3 systems. In 1976, Sperry added the 90/80 at the top end of the Series 90 Family, based on an RCA design, providing an upgrade path for the 70/60, 70/61, RCA 6 and 7 systems. The RCA base was very profitable for Sperry and Sperry was able to put together a string of 40 quarters of profit.

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