The IBM 704 is the model name of a large digital mainframe computer introduced by IBM in 1954. It was the first mass-produced computer with hardware for...
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characters IBM's 36-bit scientific architecture was used for a variety of computation-intensive applications. First machines were the vacuum-tube 704 and 709...
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BCD (character encoding) (redirect from IBM 704 BCD code)
fields when printing cheques. Rather than following the IBM 704's storage representation, IBM 1401 followed the tape representation (descended from the...
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CAR and CDR (section 704 macros)
"Contents of the Decrement Register" does not quite match the IBM 704 architecture; the IBM 704 does not have a programmer-accessible address register and...
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index register-equipped IBM 704, introduced 4 years after the 701. The 704 was not compatible with the 701, however, as the 704 increased the size of instructions...
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The 709 was an improved version of its predecessor, the IBM 704, and was the third of the IBM 700/7000 series of scientific computers. The improvements...
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1100/2200 series UNIVAC 1107 9PAC Early IBM disk storage IBM 701 IBM 704 IBM 709 IBM 711 card reader IBM 716 line printer IBM 729 tape drive SHARE and IBSYS operating...
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words) IBM 740: IBM 701/IBM 704/IBM 709 Cathode Ray Tube Output Recorder IBM 741: IBM 701 Power Frame #2 IBM 746: IBM 701 Power Distribution Unit IBM 753:...
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the IBM 704. In 1960, the price of $13.5 million was set for the IBM 7030. In 1961, actual benchmarks indicated that the performance of the IBM 7030...
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vacuum tube era, including some still used today such as Fortran & Lisp (IBM 704), Algol (Z22) and COBOL. Operating systems, such as the GM-NAA I/O, also...
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The IBM 740 CRT Recorder was announced in 1954 and used with the IBM 701, IBM 704, and IBM 709 computers to draw vector graphics images, point by point...
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These machines established IBM's dominance in electronic data processing ("EDP"). IBM had two model categories: one (701, 704, 709, 7030, 7090, 7094, 7040...
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Fortran (category IBM software)
proposal to his superiors at IBM to develop a more practical alternative to assembly language for programming their IBM 704 mainframe computer.: 69 Backus'...
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artificial intelligence when Arthur L. Samuel of IBM's Poughkeepsie, New York, laboratory programmed an IBM 704 not merely to play checkers but "learn" from...
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70. Coding for the MIT-IBM 704 Computer October 1957, p. V-10 FORTRAN ASSEMBLY PROGRAM (FAP) for the IBM 709/7090 (PDF). IBM. 1961. p. 30. J28-6098-1...
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intelligence by programming an IBM 704 to play checkers, showcasing the potential for machines to "learn" from their experiences. IBM introduces the FORTRAN programming...
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are KOMPILER 2 for IBM 701 and KOMPILER 3 for the IBM 704. KOMPILER was eventually replaced by a Fortran compiler on the IBM 704. PACT (compiler) HOPL:...
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GM-NAA I/O (category IBM mainframe operating systems)
Motors and North American Aviation was the first operating system for the IBM 704 computer. It was created in 1956 by Robert L. Patrick of General Motors...
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List of operating systems (section On early mainframes: 1410, 7010, 704, 709, 7090, 7094, 7040, 7044, 7030)
System (FMS) – for the IBM 709 and 7090 GM OS & GM-NAA I/O – for the IBM 704 IBSYS – tape based operating system for IBM 7090 and IBM 7094 7040/7044 Operating...
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Nathaniel Rochester (computer scientist) (category IBM Fellows)
several computers for IBM including the STRETCH, IBM 701, 701A, and IBM 704. He discusses his work with Nathaniel Rochester and IBM's management of the design...
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BESYS (Bell Labs), for IBM 704, later IBM 7090 and IBM 7094 1958 University of Michigan Executive System (UMES), for IBM 704, 709, and 7090 1959 SHARE...
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University of Michigan Executive System (category IBM mainframe operating systems)
System (SOS) IBM 7090/94 IBSYS Compatible Time-Sharing System (CTSS) Michigan Terminal System (MTS) Hardware: IBM 701, IBM 704, IBM 709, IBM 7090 University...
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by General Motors' Research division for its IBM 704.[specify] Most other early operating systems for IBM mainframes were also produced by customers. Early...
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Punched card (redirect from IBM card)
combination of holes is permitted. For example, on the IBM 701 and IBM 704, card data was read, using an IBM 711, into memory in row binary format. For each...
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IBM 733 is a discontinued storage unit used on the IBM 704 and IBM 709. It has a storage capacity of 8192 36-bit words (36,864 8-bit bytes). The IBM 734...
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previously: 205–206 been programming for the IBM 704 in FORTRAN. The movie refers to an IBM 7090, but the console shown is for an IBM 7094, which came later. The film...
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during his first year at UCLA. They married in January 1956. Thorp used the IBM 704 as a research tool in order to investigate the probabilities of winning...
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CGOL by Vaughan Pratt. Lisp was first implemented by Steve Russell on an IBM 704 computer using punched cards. Russell had read McCarthy's paper and realized...
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bicycles[citation needed] Science-fiction author Arthur C. Clarke witnessed the IBM 704 demonstration during a trip to Bell Labs in 1962 and referred to it in...
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various IBM assembler languages, used only the first 72 columns of a card – a tradition that traces back to the IBM 711 card reader used on the IBM 704/709/7090/7094...
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