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	IBM Archives: 650 RAMAC fact sheet 1959
		Linked to the 650 is the IBM 355 memory disk file.
		The productivity of the IBM RAMAC 650 may be expanded with the use of magnetic tape units to provide concentrated storage of great volumes of information for high-speed reading and writing.
		With the IBM 355 magnetic disk memory unit, the RAMAC 650 system is able to go directly to a specific piece of information without searching for it through all the other stored data.
	www-03.ibm.com /ibm/history/exhibits/650/650_tr2.html (1618 words)

	IBM 650
		IBM sold nearly two thousand units of the IBM 650, and it was the first computer to make a significant profit for its manufacturer.
		IBM's drum memory 650 computer, announced in 1953, sold for $200,000 to $400,000 and was a great success: more than 1800 were sold or leased.
		What really makes the IBM 650 the ancestor of personal computers is that it popularized a concept known as "open shop programming." Prior to the IBM 650, computers were so expensive that most programmers did not have physical access to them.
	www.mta.ca /~amiller/ibm650/ibm650.htm (0 words)

	IBM 650 Magnetic Drum Calculator Introduced in 1953
		IBM 650 Magnetic Drum Calculator Introduced in 1953
		The IBM 650 Magnetic Drum Calculator was notable for its high-speed magnetic storage drum permitting rapid access to data.
		This was intended to be a less powerful version of the 701 Computer, but its easy configuration caused the system to be one of the best selling computers of the 1950's, with about 2000 units installed before it was discontinued in the early 1960's.
	www.cedmagic.com /history/ibm-650-drum.html (136 words)

	IBM 650 - Education - Information - Educational Resources - Encyclopedia - Music
		The IBM 650 was one of IBM’s early computers, and the world’s first mass-produced computer.
		The 650 is a two-address, bi-quinary coded decimal machine (both data and addresses were decimal), with memory on a rotating drum.
		The 650 was specifically designed for users of existing IBM unit record equipment (electro-mechanical punched card-processing machines) upgrading from so-called Calculating Punches, like the IBM 604 model, to computers proper.
	education.music.us /I/IBM-650.htm (491 words)

	List of IBM products - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		IBM 740 — IBM 701/IBM 704/IBM 709 Cathode Ray Tube Output Recorder
		IBM 7900 — IBM 7070/IBM 7074 Inquiry Station
		IBM 7300 — IBM 7070/IBM 7074 Disk Storage
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_IBM_products (2890 words)

	IBM Archives: IBM 650
		Announced 50 years ago (in 1953), the IBM 650 Magnetic Drum Data Processing Machine brought a new level of reliability to the young field of electronic computing.
		For example, whenever a random processing error occurred, the 650 could automatically repeat portions of the processing by restarting the program at one of a number of breaking points and then go on to complete the processing if the error did not reoccur.
		At the time the 650 was announced, IBM said it would be "a vital factor in familiarizing business and industry with the stored program principles." And it certainly did just that.
	www-03.ibm.com /ibm/history/exhibits/650/650_intro.html (0 words)

	The IBM 650
		The IBM 650 Magnetic Drum Data Processing Machine was announced 2 July 1953 (as the "Magnetic Drum Calculator", or MDC), but not delivered until December 1954 (same time as the NORC).
		In any case, the IBM 650 was the first general-purpose computer to be installed and used at Columbia University (the NORC was built here in 1950-54, but the only Columbians who were able to use it were a couple Watson Lab insiders [61,65]).
		The 650 had a followon, the IBM 7070 (1959), architecturally similar but with transistors instead of tubes and cores instead of a drum, and which came with not only card reader and punch, but also typewriter console, and (optionally) disk and tape drives, line printers, etc.
	www.columbia.edu /acis/history/650.html (0 words)

	IBM 650
		The IBM 650 was IBM’s first commercial business computer, and the world’s first mass-produced computer; over 2000 were produced between its introduction in 1954 and its final manufacture in 1962.
		The 650 is a two-address, bi-quinary coded decimal machine (both data and addresses were decimal), with memory on a rotating drum.
		The 650 was specifically designed for users of existing IBM unit record equipment (electro-mechanical punched card-processing machines) upgrading from so-called Calculating Punches, like the IBM 604 model, to computers proper.
	www.faqfolio.com /faqfolio/i/ib/ibm_650.html (291 words)

	Dr. Dobb's \| The IBM 650 \| October 22, 2001
		The IBM 650 was the first computer on which IBM made a meaningful profit, selling around 2000 of them.
		Since many instructions on the 650 could execute in around 3 milliseconds, you would try to optimize your code by placing the instructions on the drum in such a way that it would not take the drum a full revolution to access your next instruction.
		All input and output to the IBM 650 was done through punched cards, which were the prevailing method of transmitting data to and from computers in the 1950s and 1960s.
	www.ddj.com /184404809 (2010 words)

	IBM's Teaching Machines Project
		IBM's Teaching Machines Project in the late 1950's was instrumental in developing programs such as one that taught binary arithmetic.
		The IBM 650, a high-speed digital computer, interfaced with a typewriter, was used as a teaching machine.
		The IBM Inquiry Station is a typewriter and a console which is capable of transmitting typed information to the computer and receiving information from the computer.
	www.coe.uh.edu /courses/cuin6373/idhistory/ibm.html (304 words)

	The First Generation, 1950 - 1960
		But it outsold them all, partly because of IBM's reputation and existing customer base of punched card users, and partly because the 650 was perceived to be easier to program and more reliable that its competitors.
		Ironically, the 650 had less impact among the business customers for whom it was intended than it had at universities, who were able to acquire the computer at a deep discount.
		IBM engineers took pains to make the machine easy to program, especially by those who were comfortable with punched card tabulators, but who know nothing of stored program computers.
	homepages.transy.edu /~jmiller/web706/pf33.htm (2592 words)

	IBM Switches Linux Desktops, But Isn't Dumping Windows - Technology News by InformationWeek
		IBM is upgrading a bunch of workers to Red Hat Linux, but the company is denying reports that it plans to totally replace Windows on its desktops.
		IBM employees using Linux desktops are switching to Red Hat Inc.'s version of the open-source operating system, but the company denied reports that it's planning to dump Microsoft Corp.'s Windows, a company spokeswoman told TechWeb Wednesday.
		As to whether IBM would upgrade to Vista, the company was in the process of evaluating the OS and had not made a decision, Kaplan said.
	www.informationweek.com /news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=181502065&subSection=Columns (542 words)

	IBM cranks up pSeries Power 4+chip speed \| The Register
		IBM is claiming a big price/performance advantage based on current HP prices, and that will put pressure on HP to adjust its prices downward in competitive bids.
		One of the reasons why IBM can cut prices to the bone with the pSeries 650 is that the Power4+ chip at the heart of the machine is based on a single chip module implementation of the Power4 processor that has been dramatically shrunk using a new 0.13 micron copper/SOI process.
		IBM is relying on the combination of a decent performance increase and a decent price cut to get customers to stop paying attention to clock cycle comparisons.
	www.theregister.co.uk /2002/11/11/ibm_cranks_up_pseries_power (1135 words)

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	Early Computers
		IBM sold hundreds of them and it was the first computer to made a profit for its manufacturer.
		What really makes the IBM 650 the ancestor of personal computers is that it popularized a concept known as "open shop programming." Prior to the '650 computers, were so expensive that most programmers did not have physical access to them.
		Like the IBM 650, it was a decimal machine, but it did not have a fixed word length.
	world.std.com /~reinhold/dir/computer-history.html (3290 words)

	CNN - Big Blue to go online with home PCs - October 21, 1999
		IBM officials, who said the company will continue to sell its more profitable ThinkPad line of laptops through retailers, said the decision is not a precursor to selling its various lines of high-end desktop systems to corporate users online.
		IBM's decision to sell over the Internet was driven largely by cutthroat pricing of components and systems by its major competitors and suppliers, the overhead costs of selling through dealers, and the inability to sufficiently differentiate its products among dozens of others in storefronts.
		In fact, IBM officials said the home line sells best in Japan where Japanese retailers set aside space in their stores just for the IBM systems, and have a trained and dedicated sales force that is paid commissions.
	www.cnn.com /TECH/computing/9910/21/IBM.home.pcs.idg/index.html (621 words)

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		The pSeries 650, IBM says, offers the best bang for the buck in the entire pSeries Regatta line of machines, and it is the first volley in a war that IBM is making with Unix server rivals Sun Microsystems and Hewlett-Packard.
		IBM says that the pSeries 650 is comparable in price to the Sun Fire V880 and is roughly half the cost of the Sun Fire 3800.
		IBM has not, and probably will not, spend a lot of time or money tuning Oracle or DB2 databases to run more efficiently on the Regatta machines, just so it can prove that the Power4 and Power4+ chips are superior to the Star line.
	www.itjungle.com /mid/mid111302-story04.html (1104 words)

	Asia Times Online - News from greater China; Hong Kong and Taiwan
		At that time, Lenovo was still the biggest computer maker in the country, although IBM took back the number one title in the notebook segment in the second half of that year.
		While multinational giants such as IBM, Dell and HP mainly focus on high-end enterprise and notebook sectors, local Chinese companies, which are mainly in the low-end segment and rely on prices as a major competition strategy, felt the mounting pressure from a slower growth rate.
		IBM, which is already the biggest notebook vendor in the Chinese market, gained some ground in the commercial desktop PC market with new products and its reputation of quality among high-end users.
	www.atimes.com /atimes/China/FL09Ad05.html (2068 words)

	IBM 650 Simulator: User Manual
		A representation of the Type 650 Console is provided, which allows input and output via text files, machine interaction via the console knobs and switches, and shows the user a view of the drum storage activity.
		In addition to the interface elements on the original Type 650, a representation of the activities in relation to the drum memory are displayed, near the lower right corner of the Console View.
		It will be possible with the IBM 650 simulation to achieve the results of a table lookup operation without actually using the table lookup OP code (84).
	infinitefish.com /650/650-manual.html (14034 words)

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		Some authors attribute the success of IBM to these blinking lights and the fact the computer used the same cards as the other unit record equipment of IBM.
		Actually the output of your 650 program was punched on cards and you would take the deck over to a 402 Accounting Machine to get a print out." CLICK ON THE IMAGE for a closeup and description of the IBM 650 control console.
		IBM is preparing a dual-core version of its 90nm PowerPC 970FX processor - aka the G5.
	www.lycos.com /info/ibm--fering.html (387 words)

	Palm Treo 650 (Cingular, GSM/GPRS) Reviews. Smartphones Reviews by CNET.
		Of course, the Treo 650 is not the most compact smart phone on the market; models including the RIM BlackBerry 7100t and Windows Mobile 2003 smart phones such as the Audiovox SMT5600 and the Motorola MPx220 are all significantly smaller, though they don't have a full QWERTY keyboard.
		In other words, the Treo 650 acts more like a cell phone and less like a handheld that needs to be tethered to a PC at regular intervals to recharge and to back up data.
		The bigger issue is that you can't use the Treo 650 as a wireless modem for your laptop when you are on the road and there are no Wi-Fi hot spots within range.
	reviews.cnet.com /Palm_Treo_650_Cingular_GSM_GPRS/4505-6452_7-31138486.html (2092 words)

	IBM-650-1953 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Model 650 Magnetic Drum Calculator was announced by IBM in 1953.
		The 650 used a magnetic drum 4 inches by 16 inches, which turned at 12,500 revolutions per minute.
		The 650 basic unit sold for about $169,600 (in 1956) and could utilize magnetic tape and disk storage.
	www.computermuseum.li /Testpage/IBM-650-1953.htm (163 words)

	BetaNews \| IBM Sells PC Business for $1.75 Billion
		IBM will become Lenovo's second largest shareholder with a stake of 18.9 percent in the company, and over 10,000 IBM employees will migrate to Lenovo.
		IBM is about as loyal to the US as Saddam was after we armed him in the '80s.
		But I think Gunman is right, when was the last time IBM sold a desktop to anybody that hadn't been sucked into a contract because of their server line.
	www.betanews.com /article/IBM_Sells_PC_Business_for_175_Billion/1102474251 (829 words)

	IBM eServer pSeries 650 to IBM eServer p5 Model 590 and 595 trade-in program, IBM C
		IBM must be contacted to schedule pickup of the Replaced Machine(s) no later than six (6) months following the Date of Installation of the eligible new Replacement Machine.
		Ensure that "IBM pSeries 650 to IBM p5 Model 590 and 595 trade-in program" appears on both the return shipping label and the trucking company's bill of lading.
		If "IBM pSeries 650 to IBM p5 Model 590 and 595 trade-in program" does not appear on the shipping label and the bill of lading, you may be charged for the return and disposal of the Replaced Machines.
	news.thomasnet.com /companystory/470261 (1354 words)

	IBM 650 - Free net encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: )
		It was announced in 1953, and over 2000 systems were produced between the first shipment in 1954 and its final manufacture in 1962.
		Support for the 650 and its component units was withdrawn in 1969.
		Software included FORTRANSIT – a version of FORTRAN which compiled to IT (an interpretive language of the time) which in turn was compiled to SOAP (Symbolic Optimized Assembler Program) which one-for-one could be assembled into machine language.
	www.netipedia.com /index.php/IBM_650 (561 words)

	The University of Kentucky Computing Center (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The IBM 650 at the University of Kentucky, circa 1960, and the IBM 1410, circa 1963.
		The IBM 650 was replaced by an IBM 1401 in 1962, upgraded to an IBM 1410 later that year, and augmented by an IBM 7040 installed in 1964.
		This was replaced in 1967 with an IBM System/360 model 50 which included 256 kilobytes of core memory and six disk drives with a total of 40 megabytes of storage.
	ukcc.uky.edu /~ukccinfo.291 (341 words)

	Lenovo buys IBM's PC unit for US$1.25b
		The agreement, which forms the world's third largest PC business, calls for Lenovo to pay IBM $650 million in cash, $600 million in Lenovo Group common stock and for Lenovo to assume $500 million in net balance sheet liabilities from IBM.
		The sale of IBM's PC desktop and notebook computer lines frees the company to focus on higher-margin businesses such as computer services, software, more powerful server computers, and storage as well as computer chips, analysts have said.
		Lenovo will hire 10,000 IBM PC employees -- including about 2,300 in the United States -- mostly product designers, marketers and sales specialists -- and some 7,700 elsewhere, principally in China, where IBM operates a manufacturing joint venture.
	www.chinadaily.com.cn /english/doc/2004-12/08/content_398351.htm (343 words)

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