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Sunday, January 30, 2011

IBM 355

January 30, 2011
The IBM 355 was announced on September 14, 1956 as an addition to the popular IBM 650. It used the same mechanism as the IBM 350 and stored...

Friday, January 28, 2011

IBM 353

January 28, 2011
The IBM 353 used on the IBM 7030, was similar to the IBM 1301, but with a faster transfer rate. It had a capacity of 2,097,152 (2 21 ) 64-b...

Thursday, January 27, 2011

IBM 350

January 27, 2011
The IBM 350 disk storage uni t , the first disk drive, was announced by IBM as a component of the IBM 305 RAMAC computer system on September...

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

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Thursday, January 6, 2011

CADC

January 06, 2011
In 1968, Garrett AiResearch (which employed designers Ray Holt and Steve Geller) was invited to produce a digital computer to compete wit...

Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Tuesday, January 4, 2011

TMS 1000

January 04, 2011
A microprocessor incorporates most or all of the functions of a computer's central processing unit (CPU) on a single integrated circuit...

Monday, January 3, 2011

Firsts

January 03, 2011
Three projects delivered a microprocessor at about the same time: Intel's 4004, Texas Instruments (TI) TMS 1000, and Garrett AiResearch...

Sunday, January 2, 2011