[inforoots] Origin of the IBM 1130 Name

[Peter Schow]

Hi Brian,

On Mon, Oct 30, 2006 at 10:49:48AM -0500, utleyb at aol.com wrote:
>  As the Product Manager for the 1130 I can't tell you what the rational was for selecting "1130". The fathers in the DP Product Group and Corporate Marketing made the final decision but never revealed to my knowledge the rational for the number. The 1800 was christened the same way.

The MIT Press "IBM's Early Computers" book doesn't explictly mention
the 1130 but it does have references to a "11LC" (Low Cost) product or
product line, in the early sixties timeframe.

Was the 11LC the eventual 1130?