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	IBM 1620
		A modified version of the 1620 was used as the CPU of the IBM 1710 Industrial Process Control System.
		IBM could only build one of the two and the Poughkeepsie proposal won because "the San Jose version is top of the line and not expandable, while your proposal has all kinds of expansion capability - never offer a machine that cannot be expanded".
		Following announcement of the IBM 1620 on October 22, 1959, due to an internal reorganization of IBM, it was decided to transfer the computer from the Data Processing Division at Poughkeepsie (large scale mainframe computers only) to the General Products Division at San Jose (small computers and support products only) for manufacturing.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ib/IBM_1620.html (1012 words)

	IBM 1620 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The IBM 1620 was announced by IBM on October 21, 1959 and marketed as an inexpensive "scientific computer".
		The successor to the 1620, the IBM 1130 was based on a totally different, 16-bit binary architecture.
		In some 1620 installations it was called a SMERSH, as used in the James Bond novels that had become popular in the late 60's.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/IBM_1620 (2141 words)

	IBM 1620 Model I
		The IBM 1620 I was the original implementation of the IBM 1620, introduced in 1959.
		This unit (commonly called 1620 until the Model II was introduced) was produced as inexpensively as IBM could make it, in order to keep the price low.
		It did not even have conventional ALU hardware: all arithmetic was done by table lookup in Core memory.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/16/1620_I.html (259 words)

	Saga
		In September 1960 the representative of IBM in Iceland, Ottó A. Michelsen, wrote to the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Iceland, and to the National Research Council, offering a 60% Educational Allowance on the purchase or rent of an IBM 1620 Model I computer that had been launched in October 1959.
		IBM followed that up by again offering the University of Iceland a 60% Educational Allowance on the rent or purchase of an IBM 1620 computer and now the University responded positively.
		An agreement for the purchase of an IBM 1620 Model II computer, that had been announced in December 1962 and was a significant improvement on Model I, was signed in December 1963 for delivery in December 1964.
	www.hi.is /~oddur/saga/t_fyrstu_tolvur/IBM1620.html (998 words)

	IBM 1401
		IBM introduced two variable precision machines at about the same time: The 1401 and the 1620.
		The 1620 had a "flag bit" but it was not nearly as elegant, or truly variable, as the 1401's "Word Mark".
		The 1620 did not have variable length instructions, and its' handling of character data was sad by comparison to the 1401; but it was designed to be reliable and low cost.
	www.zyvra.org /lafarr/ibm1401.htm (1459 words)

	IBM Archives: 1620 Data Processing System
		The IBM 1620 was a general-purpose, stored-program data processing system for small businesses, research and engineering departments of large companies, and schools requiring solutions to complex problems in the areas of engineering, research, and management science.
		With the 1711 model 2 and 1712 Multiplexer and Terminal Unit connected to the 1620, the computer not only received data from analog measuring devices, but fed results through the 1711/1712 to control processes by closing contacts which completed circuits to the instrumentation for closed-loop process control.
		1620 symbolic language allowed the programmer to refer to instructions and data in the program by name or other meaningful designation without regard to their location in the machine to facilitate relocating sections of programs, incorporating subroutines, and inserting or deleting instructions.
	www-03.ibm.com /ibm/history/exhibits/mainframe/mainframe_PP1620.html (1005 words)

	Some IBM Machines that I have Worked On
		IBM hired some college graduates in the 60's that were put in an 'accelerated management' program.
		IBM management had the bright idea along about 1970 to use CEs that had shown their ability to fix tough bugs as Area Designated Specialist.
		IBM said that if a person ingested some toner it would be "flushed out of the lungs by normal action of the cilia inside the air passages" and no harm would be done....
	home.comcast.net /~suptjud/IBMMachines.htm (6091 words)

	IBM 1620 Computer
		We had an IBM 1620 there and they taught a one-semester course in Computer Math.
		The 1620 was fun for calculating large numbers, such as pi to many digits of accuracy, but it was incredibly slow.
		The 1620 had a "pause" button that would freeze the machine, and then you could press another button to have it step through machine instructions one at a time.
	paul.mcnabbs.org /ibm1620 (807 words)

	IBM 1620 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		It was either developed for the US Navy to teach computing, or as a replacement for the very successful IBM 650 which did quite well in the low end scientific market.
		Because the 1620 was popular with colleges, IBM ran a clearing house of software for a nominal cost such as Snobol, COBOL, chess games, etc.
		1620 consoles were used as props to represent Colossus in the film "The Forbin Project", though most of the machines had been scrapped by the time the film was made.
	burks.brighton.ac.uk /burks/foldoc/96/54.htm (598 words)

	Morris J. Garber
		In the early part of 1963, Provost Herman T. Spieth took control of the IBM 1620, all the funds related to it, and established a campus Computing Center for general campus use with Morris Garber as its first director.
		IBM technicians named the IBM 1620 computer CADET, an acronym that stood for "can't add, doesn't even try!" meaning that it used a "table look-up" for addition.
		When UC Davis gave up their IBM 7040 computer, it was given to UCR and housed in the basement of the building now named Olmsted Hall.
	www.universityofcalifornia.edu /senate/inmemoriam/morrisjgarber.htm (872 words)

	Early Computers
		IBM sold hundreds of them and it was the first computer to made a profit for its manufacturer.
		The basic 1620 came with 20,000 digits, the same size as IBM 650, but all memory was core storage.
		A box of blank IBM cards and a long sheet of paper was in front of him, and he had a micrometer in his hand.
	world.std.com /~reinhold/dir/computer-history.html (3290 words)

	Educom Review January/February, 1999
		In 1959, I was 17 years old and a sophomore at Haverford when the college acquired its first computer, an IBM 1620.
		As part of that acquisition, IBM included a six-week course for any member of the college community (remember this was before the "unbundling" decision).
		The questions in their simplest terms were: "to what extent is computer-assisted instruction feasible, effective and affordable?" The answers in their simplest terms were that it was clearly feasible and could be quite effective for certain subjects under certain conditions, but it was very expensive.
	www.educause.edu /ir/library/html/erm/erm99/erm9911.html (3222 words)

	IBM 1620 Model I - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The IBM 1620 Model I was the original implementation of the IBM 1620 scientific computer, introduced in 1959.
		One industry magazine (Datamation) mentioned that the 1620 was the first IBM computer for which the basic system could be leased for a monthly rate less than its number.
		The first 20,000 decimal digits of Core memory were internal to the CPU itself (which reduced the floor space requirements of the basic system).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/IBM_1620_Model_I (539 words)

	IBM Model Numbers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		IBM equipment tends to have 4-digit model numbers, and it is a great trivia game to see who can keep the numbers straight.
		According to a former IBM CE (Customer Engineer) the strip accellerates to 1200 RPM in 1/8 of a revolution as it is pulled out of the cell and it can be read on the first revolution.
		The keyboard and print mechanism were based on the IBM Selectric office typewriter, and the whole setup was built into a pedestal that could be extended with a small cabinet on either side to make a desk for a typist.
	www.beagle-ears.com /lars/engineer/comphist/ibm_nos.htm (1830 words)

	E.W. Dijkstra Archive: A review of the IBM 1620 Data Processing System (EWD 37)
		Before I got acquainted with the IBM 1620 I thought that in the mean time everybody knew that the most essential property of a general purpose information processing machine is that it allows you in principle to process any piece of information in whatever way you like.
		The IBM 1620 is not the only machine on the market, where (part of) the addressing information and the corresponding information proper are positionally dependent.
		In the IBM 1620, however, the process is always continued to the bitter end of the destination.
	www.cs.utexas.edu /~EWD/transcriptions/EWD00xx/EWD37.html (2102 words)

	The IBM 1620 Data Processing System
		This is not the 1620 in Watson Lab.
		A variation of the 1620 was the 1710, which had analog/digital converters, interrupts, and other features needed for industrial process control.
		A fully configured IBM 1620 Model 2 computer system with 1311 disc drive, 1621 paper tape unit, 1625 core storage unit (20K-60K), 1622 card reader/punch, 1443 line printer and some unit-record equipment.
	www.columbia.edu /acis/history/1620.html (463 words)

	About IBM - Thailand
		IBM Thailand is a world class quality company that excels in contributing innovative IT solutions to help our customers become successful through our highly motivated and professional employees.
		IBM Thailand was established on October 20th, 1952.
		Enter the name of an IBM employee to find his or her e-mail address and telephone number.
	www.ibm.com /ibm/th (239 words)

	The IBM family of APL systems - APL programming language - Cover Story IBM Systems Journal - Find Articles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		The developmental history of IBM subfamilies of APL systems is traced in this paper, focusing on the inter-relationships among them and the methods of implementation used by the various groups involved.
		In the 25 years since the first viable APL system was introduced outside of IBM, offerings of APL systems spanning most of the significant hardware families have been produced at a rate of more than one per year.
		This work went remarkably well, resulting in an integrated system, APL\360,[6] with excellent performance characteristics.[7] The system was operational about three months after work was started, and the three implementers who did the bulk of the programming were later to receive an industry award for their work.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0ISJ/is_n4_v30/ai_11664026/pg_22 (1181 words)

	Iceberg Computer Directory: IBM
		The IBM 1130 Computing System, introduced in 1965, was IBM's most "personal" system to date.
		IBM's own history site, with pages on many of their significant systems (see especially the "Exhibits" and "Documents" sections).
		Description of the resurrection of an abandoned IBM system 360 model 30 mainframe computer, stored in a warehouse, into a working machine, by a group of enthusiasts.
	www.icebergsystems.co.uk /555 (271 words)

	Programming the IBM 1620 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		We had an IBM 1620 with 20,000 decimal digits of memory, a typewriter and a card reader/card puncher.
		Two addresses were needed because the 1620 had no registers.
		The IBM 1620 did arithmetic by looking up the result in memory table.
	homepages.cae.wisc.edu /~dwilson/IBM1620.html (217 words)

	Early IBM (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		This is the IBM 1130, introduced in the mid 60's.
		One of my favorite machines was the IBM 1800 Data Acquisition System.
		Much of the internal architecture is the same as the 1130, but the 1800 had a host of analog and digital input/output ports.
	home.stny.rr.com /n2bc/earlyIBM.htm (318 words)

	IBM1130.org: Systems Related to the IBM 1130
		The IBM 1500, an 1130-based educational system supporting dozens of light-pen terminals with multimedia capabilities -- far, far ahead of its time, and a model for later systems like PLATO.
		The IBM 1620, which is the 1130's most obvious predecessor as an IBM "personal computer"
		The IBM System/360, which was the development ground for much of the technology used in the 1130
	ibm1130.org /related (146 words)

	IBM 1620
		I thought that IBM should be able to take advantage of their bigness and use technologies developed for larger machines in the smaller machine arena.
		In the fall of 1959 there was a major re organization within th IBM Co. Small machines were asigned to the General Product Division and large scale machines were wssigned to the Data Processing Division.
		These are available to the IBM 1620 via a special channel to/from a PC which emulates several I/O devices.
	ed-thelen.org /comp-hist/ibm-1620.html (810 words)

	IBM 7030 Summary
		IBM's bid was based on a renegotiation clause for its proposed machine that would be four to five times faster than requested and cost $3.5 million rather than the requested $2.5 million.
		When IBM lost the bid on its high-performance decimal (base-10) computer system the company decided to begin a redesign of the project, and the STRETCH project was begun in 1955.
		In use for the next ten years, the eight IBM Stretch 7030 supercomputers were IBM's initial attempt at building computers with transistors designed to "stretch" the speed of its current vacuum tube technology.
	www.bookrags.com /IBM_7030 (1546 words)

	The IBM 407 Accounting Machine
		As with all IBM punch-card equipment (except the key punch and sorter), a control panel (left) is wired to specify the details of operation: what card columns to read and what to do with them, how to format the report.
		In 1955, the 407 was adapted to act as an input/output device for the IBM 650 computer, and would later perform similar roles for other IBM calculators (such as the CPC-II) and computers (7090); reportedly, a 407 even served as the "system clock" for Columbia's 7094.
		There was a model E8, that was offered with the IBM 1620 to be used as an offline printer.
	www.columbia.edu /acis/history/407.html (551 words)

	Archive of IBM 1620 Restoration Mailing List
		The mailing list is for communication between people working to restore an IBM 1620 to working order.
		The Computer Museum History Center has a web site on the IBM 1620 Data Processing System.
		IBM 1620 Restoration Team Archive created December 4, 1998...
	hissa.ncsl.nist.gov /mlists/ibm1620 (149 words)

	Applelust.com: Code Red Call...
		(2) The memory on the IBM 1620 was called the "core," a term used in the StarTrek series to this day (and to their day, too).
		(3) The IBM 1620 Model 1 that I worked on had (hold your breath) 20,000 (yes, a two followed by four zeros) digital "characters." Each character was sort of like a byte, but you could not get at the individual bits...
		(4) Anyway, the IBM 1620 really was digital in its operation, i.e., numbers (including machine addresses!) in core memory were stored one digit per character, with a "flag" over the leftmost digit that marked the end of the number, and a flag over the rightmost digit if the number was negative.
	www.applelust.com /oped/sync_different/archives/sd19/sync.19.html (1400 words)

	Computer History Museum - The IBM 1620 Data Processing System (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		As a result, hundreds of thousands of students had their first hands-on computer experience with the IBM 1620.
		Ask any seasoned computer professional and there's likely an IBM 1620 in their past.
		Those that do are in museums or private collections and recent computer science graduates are generally unaware of the machine and its place in history.
	www.computerhistory.org /projects/ibm_1620 (217 words)

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