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Friday, February 26, 2021
CONTINUITY: 1959—IBM 1401 Product Announcement
The IBM 1401 was a small (for the time) transistorised computer intended for business applications, where it would replace punched card machinery. It also served as an input/output processor for larger systems, offloading the overhead of directly driving card readers, punches, and line printers. More than 12,000 1400 series computers were sold, and the system remained in production until 1971.
This is a film recording of a nationwide closed circuit television product announcement from IBM, introducing the 1401 and its peripheral devices, including the IBM 305 RAMAC disc storage device.
Posted at February 26, 2021 16:30